Table 2 Summary of Patient Time to Receive ART Services
From: Operational characteristics of antiretroviral therapy clinics in Zambia: a time and motion analysis
Median Time (Inter-Quartile Range) | ||||||||||
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Patients Arriving Before Clinic Opening (n = 230) | Patients Arriving After Clinic Opening (n = 166) | |||||||||
Setting and Type of Visit | Total Time in Clinic | P-value | Total Time Waiting | P-value | Wait Time Prior to Clinic Opening | P-value | Total Time in Clinic | P-value | Total Wait Time | P-value |
Rural Clinics | ||||||||||
Clinical | 293 (259–310) | 0.922 | 279 (244–291) | 0.922 | 60 (40–120) | 0.393 | 194 (128–217) | 0.531 | 179 (109–202) | 0.531 |
Non-clinical | 288 (263–317) | 277 (252–306) | 90 (16–120) | 206 (150–247) | 195 (139–236) | |||||
Urban Clinics | ||||||||||
Clinical | 279 (222–335) | 0.370 | 261 (203–318) | 0.566 | 80 (51–90) | 0.062 | 193 (137–254) | 0.000 | 178 (122–235) | 0.000 |
Non-clinical | 262 (204–340) | 250 (193–329) | 60 (30–100) | 128 (81–187) | 117 (70–176) | |||||
Overall | ||||||||||
Clinical | 285 (234–332) | 0.509 | 266 (217–312) | 0.996 | 80 (45–96) | 0.228 | 194 (134–242) | 0.062 | 178 (117–227) | 0.120 |
Non-clinical | 275 (232–328) | 264 (221–317) | 60 (30–115) | 153 (98–220) | 142 (87–209) | |||||