Table 2. Clinic and program characteristics of sites where patients started ART stratified by sex.

	Total no. sites		Total		Late ART initiators		Non-late ART initiators
	(N = 25)		(N = 36,411)		(N = 14,010)		(N = 22,401)		p-value
	n (%)		N	(%)	n	(%)	n	(%)
Setting
Urban	21	84.0	33,401	91.7	13,208	94.3	20,437	91.2	<0.001
Rural	4	16.0	3,010	8.3	802	5.7	1,964	8.8
Type of facility
Primary	11	44.0	7,418	20.4	2,607	18.6	4,811	21.5	<0.001
Secondary	9	36.0	19,016	52.2	7,255	51.8	11,761	52.5
Tertiary	5	20.0	9,977	27.4	4,148	29.6	5,829	26.0
Year the facility began providing ART
Before 2005	5	20.0	11,607	31.9	4,864	34.7	6,743	30.1	<0.001
2005	7	28.0	11,770	32.3	4,364	31.1	7,406	33.1
2006	10	40.0	10,591	29.1	4,001	28.6	6,590	29.4
2007	2	8.0	1,629	4.5	553	3.9	1,076	4.8
2008	1	4.0	814	2.2	228	1.6	586	2.6
CD4 testing
On-site	14	56.0	26,160	71.8	10,252	73.2	15,908	71.0	<0.001
Off-site	11	44.0	10,251	28.2	3,758	26.8	6,493	29.0
Outreach program targeted to
All patients	2	8.0	11,500	31.6	4,584	32.7	6,916	30.9	<0.001
Only ART patients	17	68.0	14,021	38.5	5,199	37.1	8,822	39.4
None	6	24.0	10,890	29.9	4,227	30.2	6,663	29.7
Peer education service
Yes	21	84.0	17,791	48.9	6,533	46.6	11,258	50.3	<0.001
No	4	16.0	18,620	51.1	7,477	53.4	11,143	49.7
Availability PMTCT services
On-site	21	84.0	23,587	64.8	8,726	62.3	14,861	66.3	<0.001
Off-site	4	16.0	12,824	35.2	5,284	37.7	7,540	33.7