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Table 1 Study site characteristics

From: Essential elements of and challenges to rapid ART implementation: a qualitative study of three programs in the United States

Site characteristics

Innovator site

FQHC

Testing site

Clinic type

Academic HIV clinic in safety-net hospital system

Federally Qualified Health Center

Sexual health clinic and testing site

RAPID patient source

Combination of patients diagnosed w/in hospital system & off site

Combination of patients diagnosed on and off site

Majority of patients diagnosed on site

RAPID visit structure

By appointment & drop-in

By appointment & drop-in

By appointment & drop-in

RAPID Team

Prescriber (MD, NP) + RN + MSW

Health Educator (HE), RN or MA + Prescriber (MD, DO, NP, PA, APN) + Linkage to Care Coordinator (LTC) + Pharmacist

Prescriber (NP) + Health Navigator

Composition of RAPID Visit

Typically, patient seen by whole RAPID team at once

Typically, patient seen by RN, HE, or MA, then LTC, then Prescriber

Typically, patient seen by Health Navigator and NP only

Linkage to HIV Primary Care

HIV primary care on-site (no external linkage)

Within FQHC system (linkage to internal primary care at one of 10 clinics)

Off-site

(linkage to external primary care)

# of RAPID 2019 Encounters

41

198

70

# of Patients w/HIV

2800

4942

n/a

# of HIV Providers

38

54

7

# of Patients/clients

n/a

30,013

9600

# of Providers

n/a

63

7