Table 1.
Characteristics of transferred-out PTB patients at the University of Gondar Hospital and those who arrived and did not arrive at selected receiving units, respectively, Ethiopia, 2009–2013.
| Characteristics | Transfer-out (N = 457) number (%) | Arriving (N = 403) number (%) | Nonarriving (N = 54) number (%) |
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| Sex | |||
| Male | 271 (59.3) | 244 (90.0) | 27 (10.0) |
| Female | 186 (40.7) | 159 (85.5) | 27 (14.5) |
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| Age (years) | |||
| ≤18 | 137 (30.0) | 111 (81.1) | 26 (18.9) |
| 19–34 | 183 (40.0) | 168 (91.8) | 15 (8.2) |
| 35–54 | 106 (23.2) | 98 (92.5) | 8 (7.5) |
| ≥55 | 31 (6.8) | 26 (83.9) | 5 (16.1) |
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| Sputum status (pulmonary TB type) | |||
| Smear-positive | 108 (23.6) | 99 (91.7) | 9 (8.3) |
| Smear-negative | 349 (76.4) | 304 (87.1) | 45 (12.9) |
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| Type of TB by history | |||
| New | 420 (91.9) | 368 (87.6) | 52 (12.4) |
| Relapse | 27 (5.9) | 26 (96.3) | 1 (3.7) |
| Return after default | 4 (0.9) | 4 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Failure | 6 (1.3) | 5 (83.3) | 1 (16.7) |
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| HIV status | |||
| Negative | 284 (62.1) | 247 (86.9) | 37 (13.1) |
| Positive | 173 (37.9) | 156 (90.2) | 17 (9.8) |
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| Duration in which the patient transferred out after initiation of treatment | |||
| <4 weeks | 85 (18.6) | 79 (92.9) | 6 (7.1) |
| 4–12 weeks | 365 (79.9) | 317 (86.8) | 48 (13.2) |
| >12 weeks | 7 (1.5) | 7 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) |