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Published in final edited form as: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2012 Oct 1;61(2):216–220. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3182638ec7

TABLE 2.

Bivariate Analysis of Factors Associated With Availability of Sputum Smear, Sputum Culture, DST, CXR, and TST Diagnostic Services at HIV Care and Treatment Programs in 9 SSA Countries, September 2010 (N = 663)*

Sputum Smear Microscopy (n = 660)
AFB (n = 663)
DST (n = 352)
CXR (n = 653)
TST (n = 663)
n (%) P n (%) P n (%) P n (%) P n (%) P
Overall (% facilities) 574 (87) 352 (53) 123 (35) 170 (26) 81 (12)
Overall (% patients) 881,972 (97) 699,968 (77) 242,640 (35) 508,757 (56) 301,117 (33)
Location and clinic type
 Urban
  Public primary 118 (76) 0.0039 71 (45) 0.0106 27 (38) 0.7075 4 (3) 0.7813 41 (26) <0.0001
  Public secondary 127 (99) <0.0001 72 (56) 0.568 17 (24) 0.0208 93 (74) <0.0001 17 (13) 0.0003
  Public tertiary 15 (94) 0.3768 13 (81) 0.0152 9 (69) 0.0124 15 (94) <0.0001 7 (44) <0.0001
  Private/other 27 (84) 0.5776 9 (28) 0.0102 5 (56) 0.3259 17 (55) <0.0001 3 (9) 0.0389
 Rural
  Public primary 202 (88) Ref 135 (59) Ref 55 (41) Ref 7 (3) Ref 5 (2) Ref
  Public secondary 52 (98) 0.0005 41 (77) 0.0033 7 (17) 0.0156 25 (48) <0.0001 8 (15) 0.0004
  Private/other 33 (70) 0.0199 11 (23) 0.0006 3 (27) 0.4251 9 (19) 0.0001 0 (0)
Cumulative number of patients in HIV care
 <365 250 (77) Ref 124 (38) Ref 45 (36) Ref 30 (9) Ref 14 (4) Ref
 ≥365 319 (98) <0.0001 227 (69) <0.0001 78 (34) 0.716 139 (43) <0.0001 67 (20) <0.0001
Years providing comprehensive HIV care
 ≥5 years 50 (98) 0.000 39 (76) <0.0001 10 (26) 0.037 43 (84) <0.0001 15 (29) 0.005
 ≥3 and <5 years 159 (100) 110 (69) 0.000 44 (40) 0.273 74 (48) <0.0001 28 (18) 0.120
 ≥1 and <3 years 302 (84) 0.046 167 (46) 0.312 51 (31) 0.015 42 (12) 0.870 29 (8) 0.541
 <1 year 63 (71) Ref 36 (40) Ref 18 (50) Ref 11 (12) Ref 9 (10) Ref
Country
 Cote d’Ivoire 17 (28) 1 (2) 0.000 0 (0) 5 (8) 0.014 1 (2) 0.082
 Ethiopia 62 (100) 1.000 37 (60) 0.406 1 (3) 0.152 49 (79) <0.001 1 (2) 0.077
 Kenya 147 (94) 0.639 135 (86) 0.023 41 (30) 0.077 21 (13) 0.021 0 (0) 0.999
 Mozambique 57 (95) 0.714 52 (87) 0.028 19 (37) 0.038 17 (28) 0.962 36 (60) <0.001
 Nigeria 32 (100) 1.000 10 (30) 0.005 2 (20) 0.577 14 (48) 0.079 6 (18) 0.079
 Rwanda 45 (100) Ref 31 (67) Ref 4 (13) Ref 12 (28) Ref 5 (11) Ref
 South Africa 67 (99) 0.889 65 (94) 0.002 49 (75) 0.000 15 (22) 0.510 28 (41) 0.003
 Swaziland 37 (76) 0.118 10 (20) <0.0001 1 (10) 0.810 9 (18) 0.281 0 (0)
 Tanzania 110 (87) 0.350 11 (9) <0.0001 6 (55) 0.008 28 (22) 0.442 4 (3) 0.056
*

The table excludes missing values.

Only answered by facilities with sputum culture diagnostic services.

Bold values indicate significance at P <0.05.