From: Factors influencing specialist care referral of multidrug- and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis patients in Gauteng/South Africa: a descriptive questionnaire-based study
Factor
Hospital n/N (%)
Clinic n/N (%)
Staff not aware of MDR-TB guidelines
7/11 (64%)
24/29 (83%)
Staff do not know SH telephone number
4/11 (36%)
11/29 (38%)
Patient follow up perceived as difficult
11/11 (100%)
29/29 (100%)