Table 3.
INTERVAL | N | Mean (SD) | Median | Min | Max |
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Time waiting before clinic opening | 17 | 0:13 (0:40) | 0:00 | 0:00 | 2:30 |
Time waiting for chart | 9 | 0:51 (0:22) | 0:50 | 0:11 | 1:13 |
Time waiting for sputum collection | 9 | 0:31 (0:09) | 0:32 | 0:11 | 0:43 |
Time waiting for sputum results | 6 | 4:16 (0:24) | 4:12 | 3:56 | 4:52 |
Time waiting for nurse or doctor | 4 | 1:08 (0:33) | 1:02 | 0:35 | 1:53 |
Time with nurse or doctor | 4 | 0:09 (0:04) | 0:08 | 0:06 | 0:16 |
Total time in clinic | 4 | 6:56 (0:54) | 7:13 | 5:39 | 7:38 |
% of time receiving care | – | 2% | – | – | – |
Patients being screened for TB gathered charts with STI patients and then went to a separate queue for sputum collection. Times are reported in hours and minutes (hours:minutes). Four of ten patients screened for TB were asked to return the following day for results and are not included in the total time in clinic