Evaluation of outpatient therapeutic programme for management of severe acute malnutrition in three districts of the eastern province, Zambia

Table 3 OTP Outcome indicators – comparison with mid-term evaluation^a

	Total	Recovered (Discharged cured)	Defaulted	Death/Case fatality^b
	N	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)
Present study (Overall)	390	312 (80.0)	67 (17.2)	11 (2.8)
Marasmus	152	114 (75.0)	25 (16.4)	3 (2.0)
Kwashiorkor	238	181 (76.1)	42 (17.6)	8 (3.4)
Mid-term Evaluation in 2008 (Overall)^c,d	-	73.2 %	18.0 %	7.3 %

^aComparison is made with mid-term evaluation conducted in 2008
Proportions are specified by row percentages
^bFor the period considered for evaluation
^cBinns and Mutuma, 2008. ^dProportions stated are the combined values for both marasmus and kwashiorkor

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