Table III.

Proportion of patients who missed the opportunity to be screened for TB, stratified by facility type and background characteristics.

	Name of health facility
			Bubulo HCIV		ButiruHCIII
Characteristic	Category	Total	(N, %)	Total	(N, %)	Total (N, %)
Overall	Missed TB screening	79	76 (89.41)	46	9 (10.61)	85 (68.00)
Sex	Male	22	20 (91.00)	9	0 (0.00)	20 (23.53)
	Female	57	56 (98.25)	37	9 (24.32)	65 (76.50)
Age-group	18-29	18	18 (23.68)	17	3 (33.33)	21 (24.71)
	30-49	29	28 (36.84)	20	5 (55.56)	33 (38.82)
	50 and above	32	30 (93.80)	9	1 (11.11)	31 (36.51)
Marital status	Single	15	14 (93.33)	5	2 (40.00)	16 (18.80)
	Currently married	35	33 (94.31)	20	3 (15.00)	36 (42.10)
	Cohabiting	10	10 (100.00)	13	1 (7.70)	11 (13.00)
	Widowed/divorced	19	19 (100.00)	8	3 (37.50)	22 (25.90)
Employment status	Unemployed	65	62 (95.40)	39	8 (20.51)	70 (82.40)
	Employed	14	14 (100.00)	7	1 (14.31)	15 (17.70)
Education level	Primary	50	47 (61.84)	33	4 (44.44)	51 (60.00)
	Post-primary	29	29 (38.16)	13	5 (55.56)	34 (40.00)
Household size	1-5	42	40 (52.63)	10	3 (30.00)	43 (50.61)
	6 and above	37	36 (47.37)	17	6 (35.300)	42 (49.41)
Cost of one-way journey	500-2,000	57	57 (75.00)	38	9 (23.71)	66 (77.65)
to the health facility (UGX)	Above 2,000	22	19 (25.00)	8	0 (0.00)	19 (22.35)
Waiting time (in hours)	1-2	66	63 (82.90)	14	2 (22.20)	65 (76.50)
before being attended to	>2	13	13 (17.10)	32	7 (77.80)	20 (23.50)
Self-reported TB-related	No	4	4 (100.00)	0	0 (0.00)	4 (4.70)
symptoms	Yes	75	72 (96.00)	46	9 (19.61)	81 (95.30)
Main reason for the visit	Non-TB symptoms	56	55 (98.21)	9	2 (22.22)	57 (67.11)
	TB symptoms	23	21 (91.30)	37	7 (18.92)	28 (32.94)