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Among HIV‐infected adults (83.6% of whom were not aware of their HIV status), 72.9% had novisit to an outpatient facility in the four weeks before the survey. Among those with at least onevisit, 56.4% made a single visit, 26.9% made two visits and the remaining 16.7% made three ormore visits. Among those unaware of their HIV status who reported any outpatient visit, 60.3%used a public facility 1 at the time of their last visit, 14.3% visited a private facility, 10.8% visited achemist or pharmacy and 8.1% visited a faith‐based clinic. The remaining 6.5% visited other typesof facilities, such as a non‐governmental clinic, a traditional healer or medical shop. Theseoutpatient visits among HIV‐infected persons unaware of their HIV status could be consideredmissed opportunities to learn their HIV status.HOSPITALISATIONFigure 11.3b Adults aged 15-64 years who were hospitalised one or moretimes in the six months before the survey, <strong>Kenya</strong> <strong>2007</strong>.201514.1Percent (%)1051.63.20All adultsHIV+/ not aware ofstatusHIV+/ aware of statusFigure 11.3b Adults with HIV were more likely to have been hospitalised in the sixmonths before the survey compared to HIV-infected adults who were not aware of theirHIV status.Overall, 1.6% of all adults reported being hospitalised, which is defined as an overnight stay at amedical facility during the six months before their interview. Hospitalisation among HIV-infectedadults varied significantly by awareness of status: 3.2% of those unaware of their status had beenhospitalised compared to 14.1% of those aware of their status. There were no significantdifferences in hospitalisation of infected persons by sex, rural/urban residence, wealth index, oreducation, but hospitalisation rates did significantl y increase with older age. Appendix B.11provides hospitalisation rates stratified by socio‐demographic characteristics.1Public facilities include government hospital, government health centre/clinic, government dispensary, or other publicfacilities. Private facilities includes missions, church hospitals and clinics, private hospitals and clinics, voluntarycounselling and testing clinics, and other private medical facilities. Other locations were not specified.<strong>KAIS</strong> <strong>2007</strong> 199

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