Clinic characteristic | Description | QI clinics (N = 20) | SoC clinics (N = 20) |
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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) |