The association between health workforce availability and HIV-program outcomes in Côte d’Ivoire

Table 2 HIV-program outcomes between October 2018 and September 2019

	Total	Health facility ART patient volume				P-value^c
	Total	High		Low		P-value^c
	N	N	(%)	N	(%)
HIV-positive cases diagnosed	7627	4745	(62.2)	2882	(37.8)	< 0.001
HIV-positive cases newly initiated on ART^a	7479	4633	(61.9)	2846	(38.1)	< 0.001
Proportion of ART patients with VL suppression^b	77.9%	80.1%	–	78.3%	–	0.07

^aThe true linkage rate was 98.1% (those diagnosed HIV-positive in a facility and initiated on ART) which is a measure of the Test and Treat Policy under HIV/AIDS programs
^bWe computed this indicator by dividing the sum of number of ART patients with suppressed VL results (< 1000 copies/ml) by the sum of the number of ART patients who had a documented VL result within the past 12 months
^cWilcoxon rank-sum tests, comparing high and low volume facilities for the variable on that row

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