Table 1 Patient and health system delay before registration among transferred out migrant patients with TBa, stratified by their socio-demographic characteristics, China, 2014–2015
Characteristics | Total patients (n = 7284) | Patient delay (n = 7275) | Health system diagnosis delay (n = 7283) | Health system treatment delay (n = 7270) | Diagnosis delay (n = 7269) | Health system delay (n = 7275) | Total delay (n = 7262) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N (%) | Median (IQR) | Median (IQR) | Median (IQR) | Median (IQR) | Median (IQR) | Median (IQR) | |
Total | 7284 (100) | 16(6,34) | 1 (0, 5) | 0(0,0) | 21(10,40) | 2(0,6) | 22(11,41) |
Age group (in years) | |||||||
  < 15 | 33 (0.5) | 14(5,30) | 2(0,3) | 0(0,1) | 19(10,32) | 2(1,3) | 19(10,32) |
 15–44 | 4261 (58.5) | 15(4,33) | 1(0,6) | 0(0,0) | 20(9,40) | 2(0,6) | 21(10,41) |
 45–64 | 2126 (29.2) | 19(7,35) | 2(0,5) | 0(0,0) | 23(11,42) | 2(0,5) | 23(12,43) |
  > =65 | 864 (11.8) | 18(8,34) | 2(0,5) | 0(0,0) | 23(12,39) | 2(0,5) | 23(12,40) |
Gender | |||||||
 Male | 5107 (70.1) | 15(5,33) | 1(0,5) | 0(0,0) | 21(10,39) | 2(0,5) | 21(10,40) |
 Female | 2177 (29.9) | 17(6,37) | 2(0,5) | 0(0,0) | 23(11,44) | 2(0,6) | 23(12,44) |
Occupation | |||||||
 Studying | 492 (6.8) | 9(2,26) | 2(0,8) | 0(0,1) | 17(8,31) | 3(1,9) | 18(8,32) |
 Farmers and herdsmen | 2321 (31.8) | 22(7,37) | 2(0,4) | 0(0,0) | 27(12,42) | 2(0,5) | 28(12,42) |
 Semi-skilled employee | 107 (1.5) | 10(1,31) | 3(0,11) | 0(0,0) | 21(7,42) | 3(0,11) | 21(7,42) |
 Salaried employee | 1294 (17.7) | 14(5,32) | 1(0,5) | 0(0,0) | 20(9,39) | 1(0,5) | 20(9,39) |
 Non-salaried employee | 290 (4.0) | 14(4,37) | 1(0,4) | 0(0,0) | 20(10,42) | 2(0,6) | 20(10,43) |
 Unemployed | 2328 (32.0) | 14(5,33) | 1(0,6) | 0(0,1) | 19(10,40) | 2(0,6) | 20(11,40) |
 Others | 452 (6.2) | 20(8,42) | 1(0,5) | 0(0,0) | 27(13,55) | 2(0,6) | 28(14,59) |
Permanent residence | |||||||
 Within prefecture | 4871 (66.9) | 16(7,32) | 2(0,5) | 0(0,0) | 21(11,38) | 2(0,5) | 21(11,38) |
 Within province | 557 (7.6) | 19(5,53) | 1(0,4) | 0(0,0) | 26(10,60) | 1(0,5) | 26(10,62) |
 Out of province | 1856 (25.5) | 15(3,37) | 1(0,6) | 0(0,0) | 22(9,48) | 1(0,7) | 22(9,49) |