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Table 2 Adjusted Risk differences for having short EID caregiver TAT

From: Infrastructural and human-resource factors associated with return of infant HIV test results to caregivers: secondary analysis of a nationally representative situational assessment, South Africa, 2010

 

Adjusted RD (%)

95% CI

P value

Laboratory transportation system managed by:

 Local Province (Ref.)

   

 NHLS

0.1

−0.1 - 0.2

0.254

 Private courier

0.2

−0.1 - 0.5

0.255

Return of HIV results to facility (facility TAT)

  ≤ 7 days (Ref.)

   

 8–14 days

− 0.2

−0.3 - (− 0.1)

0.006

  > 14 days

− 0.3

− 0.5 - (− 0.1)

0.006

Facility Size

  Large (Ref.)

   

  Medium

0.7

−4.0 - 5.4

0.762

 Small

1.5

−8.1 - 11.0

0.764

Type of facility

  Community Health Center (Ref)

   

 Clinic

−5.6

−14.3 - 3.2

0.212

Facility with staff nurses

 No (Ref.)

   

 Yes

−9.4

−16.6 - (−2.2)

0.011

Facility with enrolled nurse assistants

 No (Ref.)

   

 Yes

−5.5

−13.4 - 2.3

0.169

Facility with lay counsellors

 No (Ref.)

   

 Yes

−0.2

−13.9 - 13.4

0.972

Facility with doctors

 No (Ref.)

   

 Yes

2.6

−4.6 - 9.9

0.478

  1. TAT – turnaround time, EID- early infant HIV diagnosis, RD- Risk Difference, 95% CI – 95% confidence intervals. PCR- polymerase chain reaction. The significance level used for the Chi-squared test is p value < 0.05, significant p values are in boldface