Follow-up and tracing of tuberculosis patients who fail to attend their scheduled appointments in Cotonou, Benin: a retrospective cohort study

Table 4 Reasons of missing a scheduled appointment in tuberculosis patients diagnosed and treated in the CNHP-P, Cotonou, Benin, between January and September 2013

Known reasons for missing a scheduled appointment	Patients
Travel	10 (0.34)
Improving health condition	6 (0.21)
Death	3 (0.1)
Incarceration	2 (0.07)
Other^a	8 (0.28)
Total^b	29

^aOther includes: Financial issues (1), Worsening conditions (1), lapse of memory (1), Hospitalization for comorbidity (1), psychiatric troubles (1), accident (1) attending a professional training course (1) and treatment resumption in another centre (1)
^bReasons of failing to attend the scheduled appointment were known for 29 out of 44 episodes

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