Development of a comprehensive measure of spatial access to HIV provider services, with application to Atlanta, Georgia

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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of major HIV care providers in the 6 county Atlanta area, overall and by practice type

	Overall		Private practice		Other facility type
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Available provider-hours*	99.9	97.6	89.8	84.7	117.4	117.8

	n	%	n	%	n	%
Accepted payment types
Private health insurance^†	36	88	26	100	10	67
Medicare	34	83	22	85	12	80
Medicaid	30	73	18	69	12	80
Discounted/sliding fee^†	18	44	6	23	12	80
Ryan White^†	10	24	1	4	9	60
Available ancillary services
HIV case management^†	12	29	2	8	10	67
Mental health services^†	9	22	1	4	8	53
Dental care^†	6	15	0	0	6	40
Substance abuse treatment^†	3	7	0	0	3	20
Transportation assistance^†	11	27	2	8	9	60
On-site pharmacy^†	11	27	3	12	8	53
One or more services offered^†	16	39	5	19	11	73

* HIV providers included in this count include physicians, physician’s assistants, and nurse practitioners
^†Denotes statistically significant difference across provider type at the α = 0.05 level