Cameroon mid-level providers offer a promising public health dentistry model

Table 2 Patient visits, showing a total number of 38 844 visits in 2010

Clinic number	Number of MLPs on staff	Number of dentists on staff	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sept.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Total / average
1	9	1	586	763	539	632	465	507	598	465	667	628	612	563	7 025/585.4
2	9	1	758	1129	2562	974	714	770	878	80	938	829	728	655	11 015/917.9
3	5	1	423	373	335	442	384	373	338	463	423	374	364	349	4 641/386.75
4	2	0	62	82	67	105	121	112	118	99	56	130	95	112	1 159/96.5
5	2	0	23	59	46	49	45	25	23	41	12	38	36	46	443/531.6
6	2	0	145	150	118	185	136	149	152	145	176	165	212	130	1 863/155.25
7	5	0	279	290	303	289	335	296	351	388	290	344	337	370	3 872/322.6
8	2	0	84	77	64	45	70	95	77	105	75	59	105	95	951/79.2
9	3	0	105	102	133	151	134	123	132	165	149	129	147	146	1 616/134.6
10	3	1	472	489	416	525	517	562	543	619	576	521	479	540	6 259/521.5
Total	42	4	2937	3514	4583	3397	2921	3012	3210	2570	3362	3217	3115	3006	38 844
Average	4.2	0.4	293.7	351.4	458.3	339.7	292.1	301.2	321	257	336.2	321.7	311.5	300.6	3 884.4

Source of data for Table 2: Reports from 10 Cameroonian dental clinics operated by the Baptist Convention on their annual patient visit volumes.

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