Reaching the Unreached: Providing Quality Care to HIV-Infected Children through Telemedicine—An Innovative Pilot Initiative from Maharashtra, India

Table 6

Table showing certain quality of care indicators according to demographics in 3676 children on ART in 59 ART centers, Maharashtra.

		Baseline CD4 missing			Latest CD4 missing
		Nonlinked	Linked (irregular)	Linked (regular)	Nonlinked	Linked (irregular)	Linked (regular)
	3676	1753	937	986	1753	937	986
All		45 (3)	38 (4)	30 (3)	299 (17)	219 (23)	73 (7)
Age (years)
0-4.9	693	18/317 (6)	6/180 (3)	12/196 (6)	68/317 (21)	56/180 (31)	23/196 (12)
5-9.9	663	7/305 (2)	8/178 (4)	4/180 (2)	62/305 (20)	51/178 (29)	16/180 (9)
10-14.9	1168	9/559 (2)	14/284 (5)	11/325 (3)	82/559 (15)	55/284 (19)	17/325 (5)
15-18	1152	11/572 (2)	10/295 (3)	3/285 (1)	87/572 (15)	57/295 (19)	17/285 (6)
Sex
Male	2012	24/905 (3)	24/553 (4)	16/554 (3)	159/905 (18)	138/553 (25)	40/554 (7)
Female	1664	21/848 (2)	14/384 (4)	14/432 (3)	140/848 (17)	81/384 (21)	33/432 (8)
Type of centers
Civil hospital	1277	13/104 (13)	4/329 (1)	26/844 (3)	19/104 (18)	60/329 (18)	47/844 (6)
Medical college	1512	16/1019 (2)	34/493 (7)	--	240/1019 (24)	159/493 (32)	--
Subdistrict hospital	492	10/235 (4)	0/115 (0)	4/138 (3)	34/235 (14)	0/115 (0)	26/142 (18)
Municipal corporation hospital	395	6/395 (2)	--	--	6/395 (2)	--	--
Education
Postgraduate	2974	27/1375 (2)	4/61 (1)	30/986 (3)	209/1375 (15)	135/613 (22)	73/986 (7)
Undergraduate	702	18/378 (5)	34/324 (10)	--	90/378 (24)	84/324 (26)	--
Pediatrician
Yes	1248	15/703 (2)	3/293 (1)	14/252 (6)	79/703 (11)	131/293 (45)	4/252 (2)
No	2428	30/1050 (3)	35/644 (5)	16/734 (2)	220/1050 (21)	88/644 (14)	69/734 (9)

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