Table 3 Linear regression for site factors associated with initiating ART in co-infected patients from the TB program, 2016*

On ART

 Setting

  Rural

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

  Urban

0.737 (0.293–1.182)

0.001

0.532 (− 0.001–1.065)

0.05

 Patient volume^a

  Quartile 1

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

  Quartile 2

1.025 (0.033–2.017)

0.043

1.259 (0.246–2.272)

0.015

  Quartile 3

1.053 (0.491–1.615)

 < 0.001

1.367 (0.736–1.999)

 < 0.001

  Quartile 4

1.338 (0.581–2.095)

0.001

1.551 (0.762–2.40)

 < 0.001

 Experience^b

  New

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

  Established

− 0.218 (− 1.295–0.860)

0.692

− 0.676 (− 1.664–0.312)

0.18