Table 2.
Covariates used for the case-mix adjustment
| Patient characteristics | Variable | Category | N (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age at HIV diagnosis (mean (sd)) | 36.7 (13.3) | ||
| Gender | |||
| Male | 23,723 (36.4) | ||
| Female | 41,505 (63.5) | ||
| Missing | 241 (< 0.01) | ||
| Marital status | |||
| 0 | 32,961 (50.3) | ||
| 1 | 8534 (13.0) | ||
| 2 | 11,914 (18.2) | ||
| 3 | 12,060 (18.4) | ||
| Pregnancy or post-partum adults at ART initiation | |||
| Yes | 19,061 (29.1) | ||
| No | 46,408 (70.9) | ||
| Body mass index at ART initiation (mean (sd)) | 22.1 (4.1) | ||
| WHO stage at ART initiation | |||
| 1 | 16,104 (28.1) | ||
| 2 | 12,444 (21.7) | ||
| 3 | 12,858 (22.5) | ||
| 4 | 15,845 (27.7) | ||
| Year of ART initiation | |||
| 2004 | 35 (0.1) | ||
| 2005 | 278 (0.4) | ||
| 2006 | 728 (1.1) | ||
| 2007 | 1256 (1.9) | ||
| 2008 | 2047 (3.1) | ||
| 2009 | 2146 (3.3) | ||
| 2010 | 2021 (3.1) | ||
| 2011 | 3236 (4.9) | ||
| 2012 | 4855 (7.4) | ||
| 2013 | 6071 (9.3) | ||
| 2014 | 7314 (11.2) | ||
| 2015 | 7117 (10.9) | ||
| 2016 | 11,273 (17.2) | ||
| 2017 | 14,108 (21.5) | ||
| 2018 | 2984 (4.6) | ||
| Facility characteristics | |||
| Average travel time to facility (mean (sd)) | 67.6 (67.3) | ||
| Facility’s slope (mean (sd)) | 3.2 (2.2) | ||
| Facility’s department | |||
| Ouest | 27,218 (41.6) | ||
| Nord | 12,576 (19.2) | ||
| Sud | 6059 (9.3) | ||
| Artibonite | 5889 (9.0) | ||
| Nord Ouest | 4218 (6.4) | ||
| Nippes | 2589 (4.0) | ||
| Sud Est | 2002 (3.1) | ||
| Nord Est | 2872 (4.4) | ||
| Grand Anse | 2046 (3.1) | ||
| Facility’s category | |||
| Univ Hosp | 4982 (7.6) | ||
| Dep Hosp | 27,342 (41.8) | ||
| Other hosp | 668 (1.0) | ||
| HCR | 13,103 (20.0) | ||
| CAL | 18,412 (28.1) | ||
| CSL/disp | 962 (1.5) | ||