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Table 2 Patient and health system delay before registration among transferred out migrant patients with TBa, stratified by their clinical and programmatic characteristics, China, 2014–2015

From: Patient and health system delays before registration among migrant patients with tuberculosis who were transferred out in China

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)

Classification

 PTB smear positive

2440 (33.5)

20(7,49)

1(0,4)

0(0,0)

24(11,57)

2(0,5)

25(11,59)

 PTB smear negative

4324 (59.4)

15(4,32)

2(0,6)

0(0,0)

20(10,37)

2(0,6)

21(10,38)

 PTB smear status unknown

34 (0.5)

22(7,47)

3(1,6)

0(0,0)

32(14,73)

4(1,8)

32(22,73)

 Pleurisy

483 (6.6)

15(7,30)

2(0,6)

0(0,1)

20(12,32)

2(1,6)

20(13,32)

 EPTB

3 (< 0.1)

25(17,74)

0(0,0)

0(0,1)

25(17,74)

0(0,1)

25(18,74)

Category

 New

6915 (94.9)

16(5,34)

1(0,5)

0(0,0)

21(10,40)

2(0,6)

22(11,41)

 Retreated

369 (5.1)

19(8,41)

2(0,4)

0(0,1)

23(12,46)

2(0,5)

23(13,48)

HIV

 Positive

9 (0.1)

31(20,57)

2(0,10)

0(0,0)

44(29,59)

2(0,11)

44(29,59)

 Negative

2864 (39.3)

14(6,33)

2(1,7)

0(0,1)

20(11,40)

3(1,8)

21(12,41)

 Unknownb

4411 (60.6)

18(6,35)

1(0,4)

0(0,0)

22(10,40)

1(0,4)

23(10,41)

Registered in referral hospital

 Yes

4153 (57.0)

17(7,33)

2(1,5)

0(0,0)

22(11,38)

2(1,6)

23(11,39)

 No

3131 (43.0)

15(4,36)

1(0,5)

0(0,0)

21(9,44)

1(0,6)

21(10,46)

  1. Few dates missing for some patients, hence total assessed for each type of delay may not be 7284
  2. TB tuberculosis, PTB pulmonary tuberculosis, EPTB extrapulmonary tuberculosis, HIV human immunodeficiency virus, IQR interquartile range
  3. aregistered in web-based TB information management system
  4. bTB examinations were routinely carried out in all new or follow up HIV/AIDS patients nationwide while TB patients were screened with HIV tests only in selected high HIV epidemic counties