Table 1 Background characteristics of patients in the study sample, stratified by urban/rural status of the health facility where their record was reviewed and overall (n = 359)
Location of site | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristic (s) | Categories | Rural | Urban | Overall | |||
N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
Ownership of Health Facility | Government | 149 | 99.3 | 209 | 100.0 | 358 | 99.7 |
Private | 1 | 0.7 | 1 | 0.3 | |||
Health Facility Level | HC III | 14 | 9.3 | 121 | 57.9 | 135 | 37.6 |
HC IV | 25 | 16.7 | 18 | 8.6 | 43 | 12.0 | |
General Hospital | 29 | 19.3 | 40 | 19.1 | 69 | 19.2 | |
Referral Hospital | 82 | 54.7 | 30 | 14.4 | 112 | 31.2 | |
Baseline CD4 cell count | Median (IQR) | 49 (25–71) | 44 (19–70) | 45 (21–71) | |||
< 50 | 77 | 51.3 | 116 | 55.5 | 193 | 53.8 | |
50–100 | 73 | 48.7 | 93 | 44.5 | 166 | 46.2 | |
Baseline WHO clinical stage | 1 | 20 | 13.3 | 45 | 21.5 | 65 | 18.1 |
2 | 52 | 34.7 | 63 | 30.1 | 115 | 32.0 | |
3 | 42 | 28.0 | 47 | 22.5 | 89 | 24.8 | |
4 | 35 | 23.3 | 54 | 25.8 | 89 | 24.8 | |
Missing | 1 | 0.7 | 1 | 0.3 | |||