They (HCWs) take care of you” and stated explicitly that “I like that they (the hospital doing CRP POCT) check the urine and the blood.” Treatment decisions based on CRP POCT results were also deemed more “precise” and “sophisticated,” especially in Chiang Rai where fewer patients had previously experienced point-of-care testing at primary care facilities (contrary to the NGO clinics in Yangon specializing in TB and sexually transmitted diseases). Here, CRP is linked to sexually transmitted disease.