Identifying contextual determinants of problems in tuberculosis care provision in South Africa: a theory-generating case study

Table 1 Characteristics of participating facilities

Site	Urban/Rural	Number of staff	Staff responsible for screening TB	Location of Sputum collection	TB care person	Monthly Average Number of patients*	Monthly Average TB screening
PHC Facility 1^a	Rural	21	EN (Vital signs room)	Outside Area	1 PN	4279	Not available
PHC Facility 2 ^{a, b}	Rural	38 (17 CCGs)		Outside area	1 PN	4941	5000
PHC Facility 3^{a, b}^,*	Urban	26	EN/ENA/PN (7 screening points)	Outside area	1 PN	8377	Not available
PHC Facility 4^b	Rural	20 (10 CCGs)	EN (Vital signs room)	Outside area	1 PN	4492	2000
PHC Facility 5^b	Rural	18 (25 CCGs)	EN (Vital signs room)	Outside area	1 PN	5387	4000
PHC Facility 6^b	Rural	20 (17 CCGs)	EN (Vital signs room)	Outside area	1 PN	4826	2000
Hospital TB Outpatient 7^a,*	Rural	16	Referral only	Outside area. Diagnostic sputum results received from PHC facilities	All staff	1772	Not available

PN professional nurse, EN enrolled nurse, ENA enrolled nurse assistant, CCG community caregiver, PHC primary healthcare, TB tuberculosis
^aFacilities and hospital included in first stage of data collection
^bFacilities included in second stage of data collection
* January 2018 to January 2019

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