Table 4.
Retention (alive and in care) by 12 months for those eligible for Fast‐Track Initiation Counselling in the Enrolled Cohort
| Intervention | Control | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Facility | N | Transfer | Died/LTF | Alive | % Retained | Facility | N | Transfer | Died/LTF | Alive | % Retained |
| GP Site 1 | 28 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 57.1 | GP Site 4 | 28 | 0 | 10 | 18 | 64.3 |
| GP Site 2 | 29 | 0 | 9 | 20 | 69.0 | GP Site 5 | 30 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 73.3 |
| GP Site 3 | 28 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 42.9 | GP Site 6 | 30 | 0 | 7 | 23 | 76.7 |
| LP Site 1 | 30 | 1 | 10 | 19 | 63.3 | LP Site 4 | 35 | 1 | 7 | 27 | 77.1 |
| LP Site 2 | 29 | 0 | 8 | 21 | 72.4 | LP Site 5 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 82.8 |
| LP Site 3 | 26 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 57.7 | LP Site 6 | 30 | 0 | 9 | 21 | 70.0 |
| NW Site 1 | 32 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 81.3 | NW Site 4 | 30 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 36.7 |
| NW Site 2 | 31 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 71.0 | NW Site 5 | 30 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 53.3 |
| NW Site 3 | 30 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 63.3 | NW Site 6 | 29 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 65.5 |
| KZN Site 1 | 33 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 69.7 | KZN Site 4 | 34 | 1 | 8 | 25 | 73.5 |
| KZN Site 2 | 34 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 64.7 | KZN Site 5 | 32 | 1 | 8 | 23 | 71.9 |
| KZN Site 3 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 83.3 | KZN Site 6 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 83.3 |
| Totala | 360 | 20 | 100 | 240 | 66.7 | Totala | 367 | 22 | 91 | 254 | 69.2 |
| Risk difference | −2.5% (−9.3% to 4.2%) | ||||||||||
| Total (pre‐period) | 5293 | 285 | 1060 | 3948 | 74.6 | Total (pre‐period) | 4956 | 422 | 915 | 3619 | 73.0 |
| Risk difference (pre‐period) | 1.6% (−0.1 to 3.3%) | ||||||||||
| Difference in differences | −4.1% (−10.7% to 2.5%) | ||||||||||
| Difference in differences (covariate adjusted)b | −4.1% (−11.4% to 3.2%) | ||||||||||
| Difference in differences (covariate adjusted and cluster adjusted)b | −3.6% (−11.1% to 3.9%) | ||||||||||
GP, Gauteng Province; LP, Limpopo Province; NW, North West Province; KZN, KwaZulu Natal Province.
a
Note that three individuals were not able to be linked to TIER.Net and were not found during file review so they do not have a retention outcome
b
Analyses are adjusted for clustering by site using a generalized estimating equation with site level clustering and an unstructured correlation matrix; note that sample size is smaller for the DiD covariate adjusted as those with missing data will drop out of the analysis.