Patient pain status, severity, and management at the initial Neno Palliative Care Program (NPCP) encounter (January through October 2012).

*African POS = African Palliative Care Association African Palliative Outcome Scale.§Pain measured using the African POS, which scores pain in 1-point increments from 0 to 5 on a 6-point Likert scale. Harding R, Selman L, Agupio G, Dinat N, Downing J, et al. (2010) Validation of a core outcome measure for palliative care in Africa: the APCA African Palliative Outcome Scale. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 8∶10. doi:10.1186/1477-7525-8-10.¶SE = standard error.•Documented baseline pain assessment at initial encounter is missing for 7 patients.#Indicated by African POS = 0.**Indicated by African POS>0.§§Indicated by African POS≥3.¶¶Documented HIV sero-status is missing for 2 patients.••Includes any non-opioid (e.g. ibuprofen), weak opioid (e.g. codeine), or strong opioid (e.g. morphine) prescribed by the referring health worker prior to NPCP enrollment.Patient pain status, severity, and management at the initial Neno Palliative Care Program (NPCP) encounter (January through October 2012).