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)
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AFB (n = 663)
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DST (n = 352)†
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CXR (n = 653)
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TST (n = 663)
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| 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.