Table 3.
Step patterns and person- days in diagnostic pathway by social and health provider contacts among 294 TB patients
| Step patterns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Steps pairsc (%) | Total person- daysd (%) | Median person-dayse [IQR] | Number of patients in stepf |
| All steps | 1,555 | 32,011 | 14 (3,27) | 294 | |
| Self | Social contact | 171 (11) | 7249 (23) | 28 (14,53) | 171 |
| Self | Non-TB provider | 87 (5.4) | 4009 (12) | 29 (16,62) | 87 |
| Self | TB provider, no diagnosisb | 27 (2) | 1353 (4) | 54 (18,69) | 27 |
| Self | TB provider, final diagnosisa | 9 (0.6) | 609 (2) | 68 (21,91) | 9 |
| Self | Any contact | 294 (19) | 13,220 (41) | 29 (16,58) | 294 |
| Social contact | Social contact | 30 (2.4) | 515 (2) | 14 (2,19) | 26 |
| Social contact | Non-TB provider | 171 (11) | 2364 (7) | 14 (2,14) | 141 |
| Social contact | TB provider, no diagnosisb | 77 (5) | 1123 (4) | 7 (1,14) | 75 |
| Social contact | TB provider, final diagnosisa | 73 (4.6) | 456 (1) | 2 (1,14) | 73 |
| Social contact | Any contact | 351 (23) | 4458 (14) | 7 (7,77) | 315 |
| Non-TB provider | Social contact | 135 (9) | 1746 (5) | 7 (2,14) | 92 |
| Non-TB provider | Non-TB provider | 405 (26) | 6801 (21) | 14 (7,21) | 139 |
| Non-TB provider | TB provider, no diagnosisb | 43 (3) | 825 (3) | 14 (3,26) | 41 |
| Non-TB provider | TB provider, final diagnosisa | 118 (7) | 1500 (5) | 7 (1,14) | 118 |
| Non-TB provider | Any contact | 701 (45) | 10,872 (34) | 14 (7,30) | 390 |
| TB provider, no diagnosis | Social contact | 15 (0.9) | 260 (0.8) | 14 (3,22) | 14 |
| TB provider, no diagnosis | Non-TB Provider | 38 (2.1) | 696 (2.2) | 11 (4,30) | 37 |
| TB provider, no diagnosis | TB provider, no diagnosisb | 62 (4) | 1551 (5) | 14 (5,30) | 36 |
| TB provider, no diagnosis | TB provider, final diagnosisa | 94 (6) | 952 (3) | 3 (1,14) | 94 |
| TB provider, no diagnosis | Any contact | 209 (13) | 3459 (11) | 7 (3,17) | 181 |
| All steps | 1,555 | 32,011 | 14 (3,27) | 294 | |
Self = Symptom onset or recognition
TB Provider = Gov’t hospital, health center and private hospital
Non-TB providers = Herbal healer, private clinics, drugs stores, village health worker
Social Contact = Parent, spouse, siblings, adult child, other relative, friend, co-worker, neighbor
aTB provider where final diagnosis took place; all patients performed this step only once
bTB provider, no diagnosis where a TB diagnosis was not made in the step
cTotal step pairs capture patients’ movements between two contact points along their pathway
dTotal time represents cumulative person-days spent in a given step pair by all patients who performed it
eMedian person-days spent by patients who performed each step pair
fNumber of patients taking steps, this may exceed N = 294 because some patients performed the same step pairs more than once