Research Article
Treatment Outcome of Severe Acute Malnutrition Cases at the Tamale Teaching Hospital
Table 4
Comparison of the treatment outcomes of severely malnourished children at the outpatient care (OPC) with international SPHERE standards (
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| | Outcome indicator | Outcome (%) | SPHERE standards | | Acceptable | Alarming |
| | Recovery rate | 33.6 | >75% | <50% | | Nonresponse rate | 0.3 | 15 | | | Defaulter rate | 49.1 | <15% | >25% | | Case fatality rate (CFR) | 0.0 | <10% | >15% | | Average rate of weight gain (g/kg/day) | 28.2 | ≥8 | <8 | | Average length of stay (weeks) | 1.0 | <8 weeks | >6 weeks | | Referred to IPC | 0.3 | — | — | | Transferred to other OPC | 11.5 | — | — |
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