Table 1.
‘Lost to contact after referral’ among patients referred from the Sihanouk Hospital Centre of Hope to peripheral health facilities for tuberculosis treatment, Phnom Penh, Cambodia (2008–2013)
| Year | Tuberculosis patients diagnosed | Referred out for treatment initiation | Lost to contact after referral n (%) |
Referred out for treatment continuation | Lost to contact after referral n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 480 | 290 | 122 (42) | 54 | 31 (57) |
| 2009 | 557 | 327 | 102 (31) | 47 | 35 (74) |
| 2010 | 497 | 301 | 107 (36) | 48 | 24 (50) |
| 2011 | 465 | 240 | 45 (19) | 68 | 19 (28) |
| 2012 | 465 | 202 | 38 (19) | 81 | 28 (36) |
| 2013 | 440 | 223 | 150 (69) | 67 | 34 (51) |