Table 4.

Delay in smear-positive and smear-negative tuberculosis (TB) cases

	Smear-negative	Smear-positive	p value
Sex			0.43
Female	6	4
Male	8	10
Patient delay in days			0.07
1st quartile (<8)	6	1
2nd quartile (8–20)	3	3
3rd quartile (21–113)	4	4
4th quartile (>113)	1	6
Provider delay in days			0.05
1st quartile (<1)	3	5
2nd quartile (1–30)	5	1
3rd quartile (31–78)	1	6
4th quartile (>78)	5	2
Health system delay in days			0.29
1st quartile (<9)	2	5
2nd quartile (9–25)	5	2
3rd quartile (26–152)	4	2
4th quartile (>152)	3	5
Total delay in days			0.20
1st quartile (<9)	5	1
2nd quartile (9–25)	3	5
3rd quartile (26–152)	4	3
4th quartile (>152)	2	5