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Table 1 Operational characteristics of eight STI clinics in South China

From: Integrated syphilis/HIV screening in China: a qualitative analysis

#

Type

STI visits per year

Total personnel

MD1/assistant MD/RN

Certified Laboratory2

Hours

CDC link

Gov't support

1

Public independent clinic

~3,900

60

3/14/22

Grade 2

8 am -- 6:30 pm

Yes

Yes

2

Public independent clinic

~940 - 1,560

20

0/5/6

Informal

8:00 am -- 6:30 pm

Yes

Yes

3

Public independent clinic

~1450

30-35

2/5/5

Grade 2

9:00 am -- 6:00 pm

Yes

Yes

4

Public general hospital

~610 - 930

4

3/0/1

Grade 3

8:00 am -- 5:30 pm

Yes

Yes

5

Public general hospital

~260 - 520

2

0/2/1

Grade 3

8:00 am -- 5:30 pm

No

Yes

6

Public general hospital

~5720 - 8580

6

2/2/1

Grade 3

8:00 am -- 5:00 pm

Yes

Yes

7

Private

~1090 - 1820

35

5/6/15

Informal

24 hours

No

No

8

Public/private3

~10,600

100

10/30/35

Informal

8:00 am -- 9:30 pm

Refer patients to CDC ID

Yes3

  1. 1 Definitions of health care providers used standard Chinese medical classifications [31].
  2. 2 China's system of laboratory specifications has three tiers -- grade 3 (highest level), grade 2 (mid level), grade 1 (lowest level).
  3. 3 This is a private clinic that operates with limited government support in direct relationship to the amount of money that the clinic pays.