The managers' perspectives on service providing in women's harm reduction centers during the COVID-19 pandemic: mixed method study

Table 2 The annual frequency of patient referrals and the services provided in harm reduction centers before and during the COVID-19 pandemic based on the report of the center managers

Variables (n⁺)	Provinces
Variables (n⁺)	Tehran	Khuzestan	Kermanshah
Referrals (general)
COVID-19⁺⁺	1888	800	120
Non-COVID-19⁺⁺	2138	639	236
Residents
COVID-19	645	80	–
Non-COVID-19	740	86	20
Number of people covered
COVID-19	805	647	120
Non-COVID-19	1021	687	236
Injection drug users
COVID-19	–	9	–
Non-COVID-19	3	8	19
Non-injecting drug users
COVID-19	42	260	–
Non-COVID-19	255	282	113
Sex workers
COVID-19	157	308	120
Non-COVID-19	553	323	226
HIV⁺
COVID-19	6	29	1
Non-COVID-19	6	6	2
HIV diagnostic tests
COVID-19	1232	809	60
Non-COVID-19	1232	857	264
Condom package provide
COVID-19	163,560	30,430	–
Non-COVID-19	174,111	29,990	6454
Needle head and syringe provide
COVID-19	1000	7575	–
Non-COVID-19	7785	7575	3302
Psychological counseling (optional service)
Individual
COVID-19	1505	915	720
Non-COVID-19	1721	688	836
Group
COVID-19	49	24	–
Non-COVID-19	97	48	3
Midwifery visit
COVID-19	50	384	–
Non-COVID-19	50	363	–
Medical visit
COVID-19	48	142	–
Non-COVID-19	48	95	–
Psychiatric visit (optional service)
COVID-19	–	42	–
Non-COVID-19	–	19	–

⁺Number, ⁺⁺In the survey, we considered the COVID-19 pandemic period in Iran (2020 February–2023 July), and the non-pandemic period (before December 2019, and from August 2023 onwards)

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