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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Sex Transm Dis. 2017 Aug;44(8):505–509. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000629

Table 3.

STD services offered at primary referral for STDs (main clinic) by clinic type, 2013–14

Main Clinic for STD Referrals

Services Total
(n=112)
STD Clinic*
(n=66)
Other Clinic
(n=46)

N (%) 95%CI N (%) 95%CI N (%) 95%CI P value
All LHDs -- -- 72 (53.5) 43.4–63.7 55 (46.5) 36.3–56.6 --
Same-day services (no prior appointment needed) 75 (62.8) 52.3–73.3 49 (65.1) 51.1–79.1 26 (59.8) 43.8–75.9 0.62
Specific Services
HBV vaccination 67 (57.3) 46.6–68.1 42 (63.1) 49.3–76.9 25 (50.0) 33.5–66.3 0.23
HPV vaccination 56 (51.1) 40.2–62.0 29 (48.9) 34.4–63.3 27 (54.0) 37.4–70.5 0.21
Darkfield microscopy 19 (10.3) 4.0–16.6 4 (4.5) 0.0–11.0 15 (14.8) 5.0–24.6 0.11
Stat (on-site) RPR testing 23 (17.1) 8.9–25.3 17 (24.0) 11.7–36.3 6 (8.4) 0.0–17.7 0.06
Stat (on-site) Gram stain testing for symptomatic men 17 (7.5) 2.6–12.5 14 (11.8) 3.4–20.3 3 (2.0) 0.0–4.7 <0.01
Extra-genital chlamydia &/or gonorrhea testing 76 (65.1) 54.7–75.5 50 (74.7) 62.2–87.1 26 (52.9) 36.4–69.4 0.04
Gonorrhea culture 66 (58.7) 48.0–69.3 44 (68.5) 55.4–81.6 22 (46.2) 29.7–62.7 0.04
Pap testing 51 (47.6) 36.7–58.5 34 (56.3) 42.0–70.6 17 (36.6) 20.8–52.4 0.07

Note. 0.1% of respondents didn’t know the types of services offered at the main clinic for STD referrals and were recoded as missing.

*

STD clinic was a composite variable that includes “specialty STD clinic” and “combination STD/family planning clinic” as well as “other” responses for primary point of care for STD patients that included STD and STD/FP combo.

All n’s are unweighted and percentages are weighted to represent the 1225 LHDs who provided STD services in 2010. CI – confidence interval