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. 2017 Jan 23;12(1):e0170718. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0170718

Table 2. Reasons for non-enrollment in treatment among MDR-TB patients.

Categories No. of cases Proportion (%)
Economic hardship 111 23.0
Out-migration for work 87 18.0
Concern about work and studies 66 13.7
Belief of being cured 60 12.4
Death after diagnosis 47 9.8
Non-standard treatment in other hospitals 45 9.3
Unknown address or inability to be contacted 35 7.3
Other severe disease or too weak 25 5.2
Migrants from other provinces 6 1.2
Total 482 100