Measuring palliative care integration in Malawi through service provision, access, and training indicators: the Waterloo Coalition Initiative

Table 2 Malawi cross-sectional snapshot of performance indicators

Indicators^a		Time
Indicators^a		Baseline	Endpoint
1	Number of hospitals/health centers with established palliative care services	1	12
2	Number of hospitals/health centers with protocols and guidelines to include PC	1	13
3	Number of sensitization meetings held^b	-	54
4	Number and type of health professionals trained in palliative care^c	79	253
5	Number of patients receiving morphine	77	463
6	Number of patients receiving palliative care	72	1,463
7	Number of patients receiving pain relief	95	1,460
8	Number of patients being assessed for palliative care	938	1,482
9	Consistent supply of morphine and other palliative care medicines (based on one year period)	2	12
10	Number of patients currently being referred to other PC units	4	104
11	Number of hospitals/ service sites with patient discharge plans	10	12

^aIndicators 1, 2, 3, 4, and 11 were obtained at a single-point in time, baseline at October 2011 and Endpoint on December 2012. Indicator 9 is based on a full-year recall. Indicators 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 are based on collection over a three-month baseline from July to September 2011 and three month endpoint of September to November 2012
^bNo baseline data
^cData collected over one year period

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