Task-shifting to optimize outpatient neurological care in Zambia

Table 1 Provider-to-patient ratio at the outpatient neurology clinic, 2014–2018

Year	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	Total
Patients	86	737	1022	1103	1753	4701
Neurologists	1	2	2	2	3	3
Neurologist-to-patient ratio	0.011	0.002	0.002	0.002	0.002
Zambian population	15,399,788	15,879,361	16,363,458	16,853,599	17,943,895

This study only collected data from 3 out of the 4 neurologists currently working at UTH

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