Table 2.
ART initiation within 30 days for those eligible for Fast‐Track Treatment Initiation Counselling in the enrolled cohort
| Intervention | Control | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Facility | N | Initiated within 30 days | % Initiated | Facility | N | Initiated within 30 days | % Initiated |
| GP Site 1 | 28 | 21 | 75.0 | GP Site 4 | 29 | 22 | 75.9 |
| GP Site 2 | 29 | 22 | 75.9 | GP Site 5 | 30 | 24 | 80.0 |
| GP Site 3 | 28 | 28 | 100.0 | GP Site 6 | 30 | 19 | 63.3 |
| LP Site 1 | 30 | 25 | 83.3 | LP Site 4 | 35 | 27 | 77.1 |
| LP Site 2 | 29 | 25 | 86.2 | LP Site 5 | 29 | 26 | 89.7 |
| LP Site 3 | 26 | 16 | 61.5 | LP Site 6 | 30 | 22 | 73.3 |
| NW Site 1 | 32 | 27 | 84.4 | NW Site 4 | 30 | 25 | 83.3 |
| NW Site 2 | 31 | 28 | 90.3 | NW Site 5 | 30 | 26 | 86.7 |
| NW Site 3 | 30 | 26 | 86.7 | NW Site 6 | 29 | 26 | 89.7 |
| KZN Site 1 | 33 | 28 | 84.8 | KZN Site 4 | 34 | 31 | 91.2 |
| KZN Site 2 | 34 | 29 | 85.3 | KZN Site 5 | 32 | 27 | 84.4 |
| KZN Site 3 | 30 | 23 | 76.7 | KZN Site 6 | 30 | 28 | 93.3 |
| Totala | 360 | 298 | 82.8 | Total | 368 | 303 | 82.3 |
| Risk difference | 0.5% (−5.1% to 6.0%) | ||||||
| Total (pre‐period) | 5293 | 4719 | 89.2 | Total (pre‐period) | 4956 | 4611 | 93.0 |
| Risk difference (pre‐period) | −3.9% (−5.0 to −2.8%) | ||||||
| Difference in differences | 4.4% (0.03% to 8.8%) | ||||||
| Difference in differences (covariate adjusted) | 6.3% (3.0% to 10.0%) | ||||||
| Difference in differences (covariate adjusted and cluster adjusted) | 6.3% (−0.6% to 13.3%) | ||||||
GP, Gauteng Province; LP, Limpopo Province; NW, North West Province; KZN, KwaZulu Natal Province.
a
2 subjects (0.2% of total sample size) do not have outcomes as they were not found in the TIER.Net dataset and the files were not able to be located during follow‐up data collection. Note that this is a crude analysis, without adjustment for clustering or covariates as is done below for the final model. All analyses are crude within the report unless otherwise specified
analyses are adjusted for clustering by site using a generalized estimating equation with site level clustering and an unstructured correlation matrix.