. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Aug 15.

Published in final edited form as: Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2001 Nov;5(11):1006–1012.

Table 2.

Baseline characteristics of clinics and respondents

Characteristic	Private clinics (n = 104)		Public clinics (n = 10)
Characteristic	Mean (SD)	Median	Mean (SD)	Median
Age of respondent	36.5 (10.3)	34.0	34.7 (5.6)	34.5
Total patients seen/day^*	16.4 (16.5)	10.0	32.2 (19.6)	30.0
New TB cases/week^*	1.70 (5.2)	0.0	14.6 (25.8)	3.0
New TB cases/month^*	6.80 (19.2)	2.0	46.4 (97.3)	13.5
Per cent of patients with prior treatment for TB	32.6 (37.1)	12.0	52.4 (33.7)	50.0
Cost charged to patient for TB medications (US$)	317 (366)	190	58.6 (114)	0.0
	n (%)		n (%)
Prescribed WHO regimen	24 (23.1)		3 (30)
Directly observed therapy	66 (63.5)		7 (70)
Referred to NTLP	99 (95.2)		0

P < 0.05 when public and private clinics are compared.

SD = standard deviation; WHO = World Health Organization; NTLP = National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Programme.