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Table 1 Participant overview per setting

From: Point-of-care testing in India: missed opportunities to realize the true potential of point-of-care testing programs

Setting

Type of participant

No. of interviewed participants (interview code)

Total interviews

No. of FGDs (FGD code)

  

Urban public

Urban private

Rural public

Rural private

  

Home

Tuberculosis (TB); Diabetes Mellitus (DM); Typhoid (TP) patients

2 (TB patient #2, 4)

2 (TB patient #1, DM patient #1)

1 (TB patient #3)

2 (TB & DM patient #5, TP patient #1)

7

3 (FGD #4, 10 - DM patients, FGD #5 - TB patients)

Community

Community Health Worker (CHW); Auxiliary-Nurse Midwife (ANM); Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA); Link Worker (LW); Community Health Assistant (CHA)

0

0

2 (CHW #1, 2)

0

2

5 (FGD #2 – ANM, FGD #3 – ASHA, FGD #7 – LW, FGD #8 – ANM, FGD #13 - CHA)

Clinic

Specialist doctor (SP); Hospital Manager (HM); Private practitioner (PP); Medical Officer (MO) Ayush Practitoner (AP)

2 (SP #6, HM #2)

6 (PP #2, 3, 4, 11, 13, AP #1)

2 (MO #1, 2)

9 (PP #1, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15)

19

1 (FGD #6 - MO)

Peripheral lab (stand-alone)

Lab technician (LT); Lab Material Distributer (LMD);

 

4 (LT #6, 7, 8, LMD #1)

 

10 (LT #3, 4, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18,)

14

1 (FGD #9 -LT)

Peripheral lab (attached to clinic)

Lab technician (LT); Lab Manager (LM); Lab Specialist (LSP)

1 (LT #5)

1 (LM #2)

3 (LT #2, 19, 20)

3 (LT #1, LSP #4, 5)

8

 

Hospital

Specialist provider (SP)

1 (SP #14)

5 (SP #8, 10, 11, 12, 13)

4 (SP #1, 2, 3, 15)

3 (SP #7, 9, 16)

13

0

 

Hospital Manager (HM); Program Officer (PO); Private practitioner (PP)

0

1 (PP #5)

5 (PO #1, 2, 3, 4; HM #1)

0

6

2 (FGD #11, 12 - TB PO)

 

Staff Nurse (SN)

0

0

5 (SN #1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

0

5

1 (FGD #1 -SN)

 

Lab technician (LT); Lab Manager (LM)

0

3 (LT 9#, LM #1, 3)

1 (LT #16)

0

4

0

Total

     

78

13

  1. Legend Table 1:
  2. Home: TB tuberculosis, DM diabetes mellitus, TP typhoid patients
  3. Community: ANM auxiliary-nurse midwife, ASHA accredited social health activist, CHA community health assistant, CHW community health worker, LW link worker
  4. Clinic: AP ayush practitioner, HM hospital manager, MO medical officer, PP private practitioner, SP specialist doctor
  5. Peripheral lab: LM lab manager, LMD lab material distributer, LT lab technician, LSP lab specialist
  6. Hospital: HM hospital manager, LT lab technician, LM lab manager, PP private practitioner, PO program officer, SN staff nurse, SP specialist provider