Table 2. Overview of rapid tests offered by primary healthcare providers.
| Rapid test | Number of providers conducting rapid tests (%) | Median number of rapid tests conducted per month | Median time to get the test results. (Minutes) | Who performs the rapid tests | Number of providers that make treatment decisions on the based of the rapid test results (%) | Cost to patient per rapid test. (USD) | Percentage of providers that provide post-test counselling (%) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Private Sector | Public Sector | |||||||||||||||||
| Private sector | Public sector | Private sector | Public * | Private sector | Public sector | Provider | Support staff | Attached lab | Provider | Support staff | Lab | Private sector | Public sector | Private sector | Public sector | Private sector | Public sector | |
| Pregnancy | 31 (15.5) | 200 (100) | 12 | 672 | 15 | 15 | 20/ 31 (65) | 11/ 31 (35) | 0 | 105/ 200 (53) | 95/ 200 (47) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8/31 (26) | 114/200 (57) | ||
| Glucose | 179 (89.5) | 198 (99) | 119 | 4423 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 164/179 (92) | 13/ 179 (7.3) | 0 | 104/ 198 (53) | 94/ 198 (47) | 0 | 179/ 179 (100) | 198/ 198 (100) | 0 | 0 | 63/ 179 (35) | 79/ 200 (40) |
| HIV | 42 (21.0) | 196 (98) | 30 | 782 | 16.8 | 20 | 30/ 42 (71) | 12/ 42 (29) | 0 | 50/ 196 (26) | 145/ 196 (74) | 0 | 37/ 42 (88) | 120/ 196 (61) | 6 | 0 | 42/ 42 (100) | 196/ 196 (100) |
| Xpert MTB-RIF | 0 (0) | 30 (15) | N/A | 535 | N/A | 124 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0/ 30 (0) | 0/ 30 (0) | 30/ 30 (100) | N/A | 30/ 30 (100) | N/A | 0 | N/A | 18/ 30 (60) |
| Syphilis | 13 (6.5) | 69 (34.5) | 6.15 | 719 | 13.5 | 13 | 8/ 13 (62) | 5/ 13 (38) | 0 | 47/ 69 (68) | 22/ 69 (32) | 0 | 13 / 13 (100) | 69/ 69 (100) | 6 | 0 | 11/ 13 (85) | 66/ 69 (96) |
| Hepatitis | 0 (0) | 28 (14) | N/A | 369 | N/A | 13 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 19/ 28 (68) | 9/ 28 (32) | 0 | N/A | 28/ 28 (100) | N/A | 0 | N/A | 20 / 28 (71) |
| Other: Cholesterol | 46 (23) | 7 (3.5) | 40 | 421 | 4.87 | 2 | 38/ 46 (83) | 8/46 (17) | 0 | 3/ 7 (43) | 4/ 7 (57) | 0 | 46/ 46 (100) | 7/ 7 (100) | 1.22 | 0 | 14/ 46 (30) | 3/ 7 (43) |
| Other: Urine dipstick | 77 (38.5) | 200 (100) | 77 | 4642 | 3.4 | 3 | 65/ 77 (84) | 12/ 77 (16) | 0 | 124/ 200 (62) | 76/ 200 (38) | 0 | 77/ 77 (100) | 200/ 200 (100) | 0 | 0 | 28/ 77 (36) | 91/ 200 (46) |
| Other: Blood pressure | 199 (99.5) | 200 (100) | 188 | 4626 | 3.17 | 2 | 184/ 199 (92) | 15/ 199 (8) | 0 | 121/ 200 (60) | 79/ 200 (40) | 0 | 199/ 199 (100) | 200 / 200 (100) | 0 | 0 | 54/ 199 (27) | 95/ 200 (48) |
| Other: Ultrasound | 4 (2) | 0 (0) | 16 | N/A | 12.5 | N/A | 2/ 4 (50) | 2/ 4 (50) | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 4/ 4 (100) | N/A | 25.89 | 0 | 2/4 (50) | N/A |
| Other: Haemoglobin | 39 (19.5) | 79 (39.5) | 70 | 2381 | 3.95 | 3 | 32/ 39 (82) | 7/ 39 (18) | 0 | 48/ 79 (60) | 31/ 79 (40) | 0 | 39 / 39 (100) | 79/ 79 (100) | 0 | 0 | 12/ 39 (30) | 51/ 79 (65) |
| Other: X-ray | 7 (3.5) | 0 (0) | 8.57 | N/A | 15 | N/A | 0/ 7 (0) | 7/ 7 (100) | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 7/ 7 (100) | N/A | 34 | N/A | 5/ 7 (71) | N/A |
*Median per clinic.