Regional Differences Among HIV Patients in Care: California Medical Monitoring Project Sites, 2007-2008

Table 4: Need for Supportive Services During the past 12 Months Among MMP Respondents Receiving HIV/AIDS Care in California, 2007-2008

Service	San Francisco				Los Angeles				Other California Counties^§				Total				p-Value for Need for Service^*	p-Value for Unmet Need for Service^*
	Needed Service		Unmet Need for Service		Needed Service		Unmet Need for Service		Needed Service		Unmet Need for Service		Needed Service		Unmet Need for Service
	n	%	n	%^†	n	%	n	%^†	n	%	n	%^†	n	%	n	%^†
HIV case management	106	32.2	20	18.9	114	34.2	15	13.2	103	43.5	18	17.5	323	35.9	53	16.4	0.02^b,^c	0.49
Mental health counseling	127	38.6	33	26.2	100	30.0	19	19.0	85	35.9	15	17.7	312	34.7	67	21.5	0.06^a	0.25
Social Services	97	29.5	19	19.6	70	21.0	16	22.9	68	28.7	27	39.7	235	26.1	62	26.4	0.03^a,^c	0.01^b,^c
Assistance finding dental services	71	21.6	28	39.4	129	38.7	39	30.2	64	27.0	22	34.4	264	29.4	89	33.7	<0.01^a,^c	0.42
Transportation assistance	64	19.5	12	18.8	78	23.4	5	6.4	60	25.3	10	16.7	202	22.5	27	13.4	0.23	0.07^a
Assistance finding meals or food	46	14.0	NR		53	15.9	9	17.0	39	16.5	10	25.6	138	15.4	NR		0.68	0.11^b
Education or information about HIV risk reduction	25	7.6	5	20.0	49	14.7	NR		13	5.5	NR		87	9.7	NR		<0.01^a,^c	0.18^‡
Assistance finding shelter/ housing	31	9.4	14	45.2	43	12.9	18	41.9	25	10.6	11	44.0	99	11.0	43	43.4	0.35	0.96
Assistance finding a doctor	29	8.8	NR		60	18.0	5	8.3	20	8.4	NR		109	12.1	NR		<0.01^a,^c	1.00^‡
Adherence support	20	6.1	7	35.0	29	8.7	NR		10	4.2	NR		59	6.6	NR		0.10^c	0.04^‡,^a^{, ‡}
Home health services	27	8.2	10	37.0	22	6.6	NR		35	14.8	5	14.3	84	9.3	NR		<0.01^b,^c	0.06^b
Chore or homemaker	43	13.1	14	32.6	28	8.4	6	21.4	33	13.9	NR		104	11.6	NR		0.07^c	0.11^b

NR = not reported due to small cell size.

^* p-values are Pearson chi-squared unless otherwise noted.

^† percent is out of participants who reported needing that particular service.

^‡ Fisher's Exact test.

^§ Residents of the following other California counties were interviewed: Alameda, Butte, Fresno, Humboldt, Imperial, Kern, Lake, Marin, Nevada, Napa, Orange, Riverside, Sacramento, San Bernardino, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, San Diego, San Mateo, San Joaquin, Santa Barbara, and Ventura.

^a p<0.05 for SF versus LA.

^b p<0.05 for SF versus CA.

^c p<0.05 for LA versus CA.