Table 3. Tuberculosis Treatment Outcome Indicators by Clinic Site of Care, Alberta, 2008–2012.
| Clinic Site of Care* | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Target | All Clinics | Virtual Clinic | Outpatient Clinics | p-value |
| (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
| TB cases | 841 | 150 | 691 | ||
| Number Tx with DOT† | 100 | 789 (96) | 145 (100) | 644 (95) | 0.004 |
| [15] | [5] | [10] | |||
| Culture-positive TB cases | 709 | 131 | 578 | ||
| Number relapsed within 2 years ‡ | <3 | 3 (<1) | 0 (0) | 3 (1) | 1.00 |
| [68] | [13] | [55] | |||
| Number with TB-related death § | <5 | 24 (4) | 8 (6) | 16 (3) | 0.063 |
| [4] | [5] | [19] | |||
| CB culture-positive TB cases | 138 | 80 | 58 | ||
| Number with initial drug resistance | <4 | 3 (2) | 2 (3) | 1 (2) | 1.00 |
| [0] | [0] | [0] | |||
| Smear-positive PTB cases | 237 | 50 | 187 | ||
| Number Tx within 72 hr. of PCR † | >90 | 206 (88) | 41 (85) | 165 (89) | 0.32 |
| [4] | [2] | [2] | |||
| Number completing Tx within 12 mo. ‡ | ≥95 | 199 (95) | 39 (93) | 160 (96) | 0.42 |
| [28] | [8] | [20] | |||
Abbreviations: TB tuberculosis; Tx treatment; DOT Directly-Observed Therapy; CB Canadian-born; PTB pulmonary tuberculosis; PCR Polymerase Chain Reaction
* See text for definition of clinic type
† Those who died without treatment are listed in square brackets beneath the indicator result and excluded from the denominator
‡ Those who were TB deaths or transferred out are listed in square brackets beneath the indicator result and excluded from the denominator
§ Those who died without treatment or transferred out are listed in square brackets beneath the indicator result and excluded from the denominator