Table 4. Patients with addresses located outside of Chennai at the four high-volume designated microscopy centers (DMCs).
High-volume DMC | Chest symptomatics with out-of-city addresses | Smear-positive TB patients with out-of-city addresses |
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N (%) | N (%) | |
Govt. Thiruvatteeswarar Hosp. of Thoracic Medicine (“Otteri Hospital”) | 55/407 (13.5)a | 16/108 (14.8)b |
Institute of Thoracic Medicine | 46/547 (8.4)a | 4/65 (6.2)b |
Chennai General Hospital | 265/614 (43.2)a | 31/59 (52.5)b |
Government Stanley Hospital | 54/352 (15.3)a | 4/38 (10.5)b |
a Percent out of all chest symptomatics at the specific high-volume DMC
b Percent out of all diagnosed smear-positive patients at the specific high-volume DMC