Table 2 Cox proportional hazard model on health system delay (HSD) for incident tuberculosis patients in Taiwan, 2013 (n = 10,932)
Variable | Crude | Adjusted | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Parameter (SD) | Hazard ratio (CI) | p-value | Parameter (SD) | Hazard ratio (CI) | p-value | |
Female (against male) (n = 3280) | −0.040 (0.020) | 0.961 (0.922, 1.001) | 0.053 | −0.081 (0.021) | 0.921 (0.884, 0.960) | <0.001 |
Age > =65 years (against age < 65 years) (n = 5709) | − 0.456 (0.019) | 0.634 (0.610, 0.658) | <0.001 | − 0.328 (0.020) | 0.720 (0.692, 0.750) | <0.001 |
Non-severe (against chest X-ray with cavities) (n = 9297) | − 0.356 (0.026) | 0.700 (0.664, 0.733) | <0.001 | − 0.327 (0.027) | 0.721 (0.683, 0.760) | <0.001 |
Patients with chronic respiratory diseases (n = 4282) | − 0.664 (0.020) | 0.514 (0.494, 0.535) | <0.001 | − 0.609 (0.020) | 0.544 (0.522, 0.566) | <0.001 |
Long-term care facilities (n = 420) | − 0.615 (0.049) | 0.540 (0.490, 0.596) | <0.001 | −0.544 (0.050) | 0.580 (0.525, 0.640) | <0.001 |
Primary care clinic (n = 4319) | −0.399 (0.019) | 0.671 (0.646, 0.697) | <0.001 | −0.530 (0.020) | 0.588 (0.565, 0.612) | <0.001 |
District: Central (n = 2029) | −0.035 (0.053) | 0.965 (0.869, 1.071) | 0.501 | −0.032 (0.053) | 0.968 (0.872, 1.075) | 0.544 |
District: KaoPing (n = 2388) | −0.061 (0.052) | 0.940 (0.848, 1.042) | 0.240 | −0.090 (0.052) | 0914 (0.824, 1.013) | 0.086 |
District: Northern (n = 1301) | 0.064 (0.055) | 1.067 (0.956, 1.190) | 0.246 | −0.028 (0.055) | 0.971 (0.871, 1.084) | 0.604 |
District: Southern (n = 1695) | −0.091 (0.054) | 0.913 (0.821, 1.015) | 0.091 | −0.119 (0.054) | 0.887 (0.798, 0.987) | 0.027 |
District: Taipei (n = 3090) | 0.001 (0.051) | 1.001 (0.905, 1.107) | 0.987 | −0.040 (0.051) | 0.960 (0.868, 1.062) | 0.429 |