Syphilis test availability and uptake at medical facilities in southern China
Li-Gang Yang, Joseph D Tucker, Cheng Wang, Song-Ying Shen, Xiang-Sheng Chen, Bin Yang & Rosanna Peeling
Volume 89, Number 11, November 2011, 798-805
Table 1. Associations between syphilis testing capacity and health system variables in Chinese medical facilities where deliveries were attended in 2008, Guangdong province, China
| Variable | No. of facilities | Testing capacity |
OR | 95% CI | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Any syphilis testing |
No syphilis testing |
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| No. | % | No. | % | |||||
| Type of facility | ||||||||
| General hospital | 14 | 13 | 92.9 | 1 | 7.1 | 96.8 | 11.3–830.6 | |
| WCH | 14 | 14 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| TCMH | 5 | 4 | 80.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 29.8 | 3.0–296.8 | |
| Hygiene station | 76 | 9 | 11.8 | 67 | 88.2 | R | – | |
| Administrative level | ||||||||
| Municipal | 10 | 9 | 90.0 | 1 | 10.0 | 66.0 | 7.5–584.0 | |
| County | 24 | 22 | 91.7 | 2 | 8.3 | 80.7 | 16.2–402.1 | |
| Township | 75 | 9 | 12.0 | 66 | 88.0 | R | – | |
| Region | ||||||||
| North | 15 | 7 | 46.7 | 8 | 53.3 | 1.8 | 0.5–2. 9 | |
| West | 51 | 19 | 37.3 | 32 | 62.7 | 1.2 | 0.5–2. 9 | |
| East | 43 | 14 | 32.6 | 29 | 67.4 | R | – | |
| Annual pregnancies | ||||||||
| > 1 000 | 34 | 28 | 82.4 | 6 | 17.6 | 1.002 | 1.00–1.00 | |
| ≤ 1 000 | 75 | 12 | 16.0 | 63 | 84.0 | R | – | |
| Total | 109 | 40 | 36.7 | 69 | 63.3 | – | – | |
CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio; R, reference; TCMH, traditional Chinese medicine hospital; WCH, women’s and children’s hospital.