Table 2.
Patient and health system delay before registration among transferred out migrant patients with TBa, stratified by their clinical and programmatic characteristics, China, 2014–2015
| Characteristics | Total patients (n = 7284) | Patient delay (n = 7275) | Health system diagnosis delay (n = 7283) | Health system treatment delay (n = 7270) | Diagnosis delay (n = 7269) | Health system delay (n = 7275) | Total delay (n = 7262) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | Median (IQR) | Median (IQR) | Median (IQR) | Median (IQR) | Median (IQR) | Median (IQR) | |
| Total | 7284 (100) | 16(6,34) | 1 (0, 5) | 0(0,0) | 21(10,40) | 2(0,6) | 22(11,41) |
| Classification | |||||||
| PTB smear positive | 2440 (33.5) | 20(7,49) | 1(0,4) | 0(0,0) | 24(11,57) | 2(0,5) | 25(11,59) |
| PTB smear negative | 4324 (59.4) | 15(4,32) | 2(0,6) | 0(0,0) | 20(10,37) | 2(0,6) | 21(10,38) |
| PTB smear status unknown | 34 (0.5) | 22(7,47) | 3(1,6) | 0(0,0) | 32(14,73) | 4(1,8) | 32(22,73) |
| Pleurisy | 483 (6.6) | 15(7,30) | 2(0,6) | 0(0,1) | 20(12,32) | 2(1,6) | 20(13,32) |
| EPTB | 3 (< 0.1) | 25(17,74) | 0(0,0) | 0(0,1) | 25(17,74) | 0(0,1) | 25(18,74) |
| Category | |||||||
| New | 6915 (94.9) | 16(5,34) | 1(0,5) | 0(0,0) | 21(10,40) | 2(0,6) | 22(11,41) |
| Retreated | 369 (5.1) | 19(8,41) | 2(0,4) | 0(0,1) | 23(12,46) | 2(0,5) | 23(13,48) |
| HIV | |||||||
| Positive | 9 (0.1) | 31(20,57) | 2(0,10) | 0(0,0) | 44(29,59) | 2(0,11) | 44(29,59) |
| Negative | 2864 (39.3) | 14(6,33) | 2(1,7) | 0(0,1) | 20(11,40) | 3(1,8) | 21(12,41) |
| Unknownb | 4411 (60.6) | 18(6,35) | 1(0,4) | 0(0,0) | 22(10,40) | 1(0,4) | 23(10,41) |
| Registered in referral hospital | |||||||
| Yes | 4153 (57.0) | 17(7,33) | 2(1,5) | 0(0,0) | 22(11,38) | 2(1,6) | 23(11,39) |
| No | 3131 (43.0) | 15(4,36) | 1(0,5) | 0(0,0) | 21(9,44) | 1(0,6) | 21(10,46) |
Few dates missing for some patients, hence total assessed for each type of delay may not be 7284
TB tuberculosis, PTB pulmonary tuberculosis, EPTB extrapulmonary tuberculosis, HIV human immunodeficiency virus, IQR interquartile range
aregistered in web-based TB information management system
bTB examinations were routinely carried out in all new or follow up HIV/AIDS patients nationwide while TB patients were screened with HIV tests only in selected high HIV epidemic counties