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Table 4 Reason for integrative and decentralized services preference among MMT patients

From: Preference of methadone maintenance patients for the integrative and decentralized service delivery models in Vietnam

 

Preference for service delivery model

All

 

Stand-alone

Integrative

p value

n

%

n

%

n

%

 

All

170

33.3

340

66.7

510

100.0

 

Stratified by current services

     

 MMT + general health

80

38.1

130

61.9

210

100.0

0.07

 MMT + comprehensive HIV services

90

30.3

207

69.7

297

100.0

 

Reasons

     

 Closer to home, reduced travel cost

12

7.1

72

21.2

84

16.5

<0.01

 Fewer visits to different services

4

2.4

97

28.5

101

19.8

<0.01

 More convenient in multiple services use

15

8.8

181

53.2

196

38.4

<0.01

 Health workers are more aware of patients’ status

8

4.7

95

27.9

103

20.2

<0.01

 Better health care quality

39

22.9

130

38.2

169

33.1

<0.01

 More privacy

74

43.5

32

9.4

106

20.8

<0.01

 Less discrimination

7

4.1

4

1.2

11

2.2

0.03

 

Preference for decentralized MMT services at commune level

p value

 

No

 

Yes

 

All

 

n

%

n

%

n

%

All

194

39.2

301

60.8

510

100.0

 

Stratified by current services

     

 (MMT + GH)

73

35.1

135

64.9

208

100.0

0.11

 MMT + comprehensive HIV services

121

41.2

166

57.8

287

100.0

 

Reasons

     

 Closer to home, reduced travel cost

1

0.5

286

95.0

287

58.0

<0.01

 Fewer visits to different services

0

0.0

6

2.0

6

1.2

0.05

 More convenient in multiple services use

0

0.0

16

5.3

16

3.2

<0.01

 Health workers are more aware of patients’ status

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

-

 Better health care quality

0

0.0

1

0.3

1

0.2

0.42

 More privacy

15

7.7

2

0.7

17

3.4

<0.01

 Less discrimination

4

2.1

0

0.0

4

0.8

0.01