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Table 3 Clinic characteristics of the quality improvement arm and standard of care arm clinics

From: Organizational contextual factors that predict success of a quality improvement collaborative approach to enhance integrated HIV-tuberculosis services: a sub-study of the Scaling up TB/HIV Integration trial

Clinic characteristic

Description

QI clinics (N = 20)

SoC clinics (N = 20)

Clusters per district (n)

KCD

5

4

Ugu

3

4

Access to basic services one month prior to study enrolment n (%)

Electricity

18 (90)

19 (95)

Water

16 (80)

17 (85)

Telephone services

19 (95)

18 (90)

Internet

2 (10)

0 (0)

Clinic operating hours n (%)

Normal working hours

5 (25)

4 (20)

Extended working hours

15 (75)

16 (80)

High and low patient volume clinics

Low volume clinics n (%)

6 (30)

9 (45)

Low volume clinics mean (min–max)

1770 (1262–2383)

1755 (575–2380)

High volume clinics, n (%)

14 (70)

11 (55)

High volume clinics, mean (min–max)

4708 (2521–9638)

4029 (2577–6468)

Staff complement mean (min–max)

Low volume clinics

 NIMART trained nurses

2 (1–3)

2 (2–3)

 TB trained nurses

2 (1–3)

2 (1–3)

 Enrolled nurses

1 (1–2)

1 (1–2)

 Data Capturers

1 (1)

2 (1–2)

 Lay counsellors

1 (1–2)

2 (1–2)

 Community caregivers

12 (5–18)

10 (4–32)

High volume clinics

 NIMART trained nurses

5 (1–11)

5 (2–12)

 TB trained nurses

2 (1–4)

3 (1–8)

 Enrolled nurses

2 (1–3)

2 (1–3)

 Data capturers

2 (1–3)

2 (1–3)

 Lay counsellors

3 (1–7)

2 (1–4)

 Community caregivers

16 (1–34)

18 (6–41)

  1. Clustering was not considered for Table 2
  2. High volume clinics were defined as having a mean patient volume of > 2500 and low volume was defined as a patient volume ≤ 2500 per month