Table 5.
Logistic regression analysis of determinants of longer health system delay, Malawi, 2011
| Characteristic |
New TB cases |
Retreatment TB cases |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Unadjusted OR (95% CI) | n | Unadjusted OR (95% CI) | |
| Total |
460 |
|
128 |
|
| Place first visited by patients |
|
|
|
|
| Hospital |
253 |
reference |
92 |
reference |
| Health centre |
114 |
1.86 (1.92 – 3.77)* |
19 |
0.91 (0.27 – 3.08) |
| Drug store & traditional |
53 |
5.08 (1.08 -21.67)* |
12 |
- ± |
| Private clinic |
40 |
0.94 (0.39 – 2.26) |
5 |
0.97 (0.10 – 9.24) |
| Smear |
|
|
|
|
| Positive |
302 |
reference |
87 |
reference |
| Negative |
37 |
0.65 (0.27 – 1.59) |
21 |
6.36 (1.54 – 28.31)* |
| Unknown/not done | 121 | 1.08 (0.57 – 2.04) | 20 | 6.05 (1.26 – 26.91)* |
OR = odds ratio, CI = confidence interval.
*p < 0.05.