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. 2019 Nov 21;19:856. doi: 10.1186/s12913-019-4691-z

Table 4.

Percentage distribution of respondents by barriers encountered in accessing the services provided by public health facilities or peer-led organisations

Variables Public health facilities Peer-led organisations Difference between public and peer facilities (p value)
FSW
N = 108
n (%)
MSM
N = 67
n (%)
PWID
N = 63
n (%)
Total
N = 238
n (%)
Key population group comparison (p-value) FSW
N = 80
n (%)
MSM
N = 77
n (%)
PWID
N = 79
n (%)
Total
N = 236
n (%)
Key population group comparison (p-value)
Distance to service 12 (11.1) 11 (16.4) 12 (19.0) 35 (14.7) 0.31 4 (5.0) 9 (11.7) 16 (20.3) 29 (12.3) 0.01 0.44
Cost of services 7 (6.5) 5 (7.5) 9 (14.3) 21 (8.8) 0.28 0 (0.0) 1 (1.3) 7 (8.9) 8 (3.4) 0.007 0.01
Confidentiality 6 (5.6) 6 (9.0) 12 (19.0) 24 (10.1) 0.03 2 (2.5) 3 (3.9) 2 (2.5) 7 (2.9) 0.79 0.002
Waiting time 13 (12.0) 8 (11.9) 15 (23.8) 38 (16.0) 0.12 1 (1.25) 3 (3.9) 7 (8.9) 11 (4.7) 0.11 < 0.01
Hours of operation 3 (2.8) 6 (9.0) 7 (11.1) 16 (6.7) 0.07 4 (5.0) 2 (2.6) 5 (6.3) 11 (4.7) 0.57 0.33
Staff attitude 11 (10.2) 8 (12.0) 14 (22.2) 33 (13.9) 0.11 3 (3.8) 4 (5.2) 4 (5.1) 11 (4.7) 0.94 0.001
Others 3 (2.8) 0 (0.0) 2 (3.2) 5 (2.1) 0.40 0 (0.0) 2 (2.6) 0 (0.0) 2 (0.8) 0.11 0.26
No barrier 62 (57.4) 40 (59.7) 32 (50.8) 134 (56.3) 0.80 58 (72.5) 54 (70.1) 52 (65.8) 164 (69.5) 0.40 0.003

FSW female sex workers, MSM men who have sex with men, PWID people who inject drugs