Table 2.
Practice characteristics, overall and by preferred PrEP implementation model.
| Characteristic | Preferred PrEP Implementation Model | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall (N = 240) | All Providers Trained (n = 103) | PrEP Specialist (n = 101) | Refer Out (n = 36) | p value | |
| Region of country, % (n) | 0.002 | ||||
| West | 18 (42) | 20 (20) | 11 (11) | 32 (11) | |
| Midwest | 15 (35) | 12 (12) | 16 (16) | 21 (7) | |
| South | 19 (44) | 11 (11) | 28 (28) | 15 (5) | |
| Northeast | 49 (114) | 59 (59)a | 44 (44)b | 32 (11)c | |
| Rurality/urbanicity of practice, % (n) | 0.32 | ||||
| Urban | 85 (200) | 90 (92) | 82 (81) | 79 (27) | |
| Suburban | 13 (30) | 9 (9) | 14 (14) | 21 (7) | |
| Rural | 2 (5) | 1 (1) | 4 (4) | 0 (0) | |
| Main focus of clinic, % (n) | 0.31 | ||||
| Primary care (no onsite-HIV care) | 59 (139) | 55 (56) | 61 (60) | 68 (23) | |
| Primary care with onsite HIV-care | 34 (81) | 41 (42) | 31 (31) | 24 (8) | |
| Other | 6 (15) | 4 (4) | 8 (8) | 9 (3) | |
| Type of clinical setting, % (n) | 0.72 | ||||
| Clinic at an academic medical Center | 69 (164) | 71 (72) | 69 (68) | 71 (24) | |
| Clinic at public hospital | 9 (22) | 9 (9) | 10 (10) | 6 (2) | |
| Community health center | 9 (21) | 10 (10) | 10 (10) | 3 (1) | |
| Clinic at VA hospital | 6 (14) | 4 (4) | 5 (5) | 12 (4) | |
| Other | 7 (17) | 7 (7) | 6 (6) | 19 (3) 14 (5) | |
Note: Boldface indicates statistical significance (p < 0.05).P value for overall test; significant post-hoc tests indicated by different superscripts (i.e. “a” indicates significant difference from “b” and both significant difference from “c”).