Table 1.
Study characteristics, according to low and high (≥ 5%) HIV prevalence [19]
| Total (N = 150) |
Low HIVprevalence (N = 133) |
HighHIVprevalence (N = 17) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Country income level | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) |
| High | 106 (71) | 106 (80) | 0 (0) |
| Middle | 33 (22) | 24 (18) | 9 (53) |
| Low | 11 (7) | 3 (2) | 8 (47) |
| Settings | |||
| Primary care/GP | 10 (7) | 9 (6) | 1 (6) |
| Pharmacy | 1 (0.7) | 1(1) | 0 (0) |
| Hospital | 20 (13) | 15 (11) | 5 (29) |
| Emergency department | 58 (39) | 58 (44) | 0 (0) |
| Community | 25 (16) | 17 (13) | 8 (47) |
| Dental/outpatient clinic | 29 (19) | 26 (19) | 3 (18) |
| Prisons | 7 (5) | 7 (6) | 0 (0) |
| Populations | |||
| ED patients | 60 (41) | 60 (46) | 0 (0) |
| Paediatrics | 5 (3) | 1 (1) | 4 (23) |
| Outpatients | 36 (24) | 34 (25) | 2 (12) |
| Hospital inpatients | 14 (9) | 11 (8) | 3(18) |
| General public | 28 (18) | 20 (14) | 8 (47) |
| Incarcerated persons | 7 (5) | 7 (6) | 0 (0) |
| Availability of rapid HIV testing | |||
| Yes | 86 (58) | 75 (57) | 11 (65) |
| No | 64 (42) | 58 (43) | 6 (35) |
| Study year | |||
| 2016–2020 | 27 (18) | 21 (16) | 6 (35) |
| 2011–2015 | 64 (43) | 57 (43) | 7 (41) |
| 2006–2010 | 54 (36) | 50 (37) | 4 (24) |
| 2001–2005 | 5 (3) | 5 (4) | 0 (0) |
ED emergency department, GP general practice