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Table 1 Distribution of Advanced Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, and all nursing staff by locations, study design and time of the study

From: Understanding the role of nurse practitioners, physician assistants and other nursing staff in HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis care in the United States: a systematic review and meta-analysis

 

Types of Health Providers

Specialty of Health Providers

Nurse Practitioners

Physician assistants

All nursing staff

aPCP

bID specialist

Overall

0.18 (0.13, 0.24)

0.06 (0.02, 0.10)

0.26 (0.18, 0.34)

0.44 (0.29, 0.60)

0.30 (0.19,0.42)

I2 statistics

98.47%

95.05%

99.15%

99.04%

98.64%

By time of the study

  < =year of 2012

0.13 (0.10, 0.17)

0.07 (0.03, 0.11)

0.30 (0.17, 0.45)

0.32 (0.25, 0.39)

0.28 (0.13, 0.47)

 Weights/ I2-statistics

22.49%/ 84.87%

12.43%/ n/ac

29.75%/ 99.09%

12.22%/ n/a

27.50%/ 96.37%

  > year of 2012

0.20 (0.13, 0.29)

0.06 (0.02, 0.11)

0.24 (0.15, 0.35)

0.45 (0.29, 0.62)

0.30 (0.17, 0.46)

 Weights/ I2-statistics

77.51%/ 98.79%

87.57%/ 95.73%

70.25%/ 95.73%

87.78%/ 99.17%

72.50%/ 98.92%

 Trend analysis

Prob > |z| = 0.956

Prob > |z| = 0.892

Prob > |z| =0.480

Prob > |z| = 0.407

Prob > |z| = 0.654

By Location

 Northeast

0.18 (0.08, 0.30)

0.06 (0.03, 0.10)

0.21 (0.14, 0.29)

0.52 (0.23, 0.81)

0.44 (0.23, 0.66)

 Weights/ I2-statistics

25.29%/ 90.55%

43.03%/ 58.70%

22.49%/ 78.53%

30.39%/ 97.04%

27.08%/ 96.06%

 South

0.14 (0.05, 0.33)

n/ac

0.60 (0.46, 0.73)

n/ac

0.14 (0.10, 0.19)

 Weights/ I2-statistics

3.12%/ n/ac

13.09%/ 90.57%

16.77%/ n/ac

 West

0.38 (0.35, 0.42)

0.00 (0.00, 0.01)

0.38 (0.35, 0.42)

0.41 (0.38, 0.45)

0.02 (0.01, 0.04)

 Weights/ I2-statistics

7.98%/ n/ac

14.07%/ n/ac

6.80%/ n/ac

6.39%/ n/ac

11.24%/ n/ac

 Midwest

0.94 (0.91, 0.96)

n/ac

1.00 (0.99, 1.00)

0.33 (0.28, 0.38)

n/ac

 Weights/ I2-statistics

4.07%/ n/ac

3.44%/ n/ac

6.37%/ n/ac

 Nationwide

0.14 (0.11, 0.16)

0.07 (0.02, 0.15)

0.16 (0.12, 0.21)

0.42 (0.19, 0.66)

0.36 (0.23, 0.50)

 Weights/ I2-statistics

59.54%/ 89.32%

42.90%/ 96.88%

54.19%/ 97.58%

56.85%/ 99.42%

44.91%/ 97.97%

  1. aPCP Primary Care Providers, bID Infectious Disease, cn/a Not Applicable