TABLE 2.
Quarter and Year | Chest Physician |
General Practitioner |
Specialty Physician |
Total |
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No. of Referrals | No. of TB Cases | Yield (%) | No. of Referrals | No. of TB Cases | Yield (%) | No. of Referrals | No. of TB Cases | Yield (%) | No. of Referrals | No. of TB Cases | Yield (%) | |
Q4 2015 | 40 | 28 | 70.0 | 46 | 39 | 84.8 | 8 | 6 | 75.0 | 94 | 73 | 77.7 |
Q1 2016 | 81 | 43 | 53.1 | 154 | 101 | 65.6 | 32 | 19 | 59.4 | 267 | 163 | 61.0 |
Q2 2016 | 101 | 60 | 59.4 | 128 | 69 | 53.9 | 30 | 15 | 50.0 | 259 | 144 | 55.6 |
Q3 2016 | 110 | 61 | 55.5 | 207 | 108 | 52.2 | 25 | 9 | 36.0 | 342 | 178 | 52.0 |
Q4 2016 | 109 | 47 | 43.1 | 233 | 104 | 44.6 | 48 | 18 | 37.5 | 390 | 169 | 43.3 |
Q1 2017 | 153 | 82 | 53.6 | 380 | 139 | 36.6 | 65 | 17 | 26.2 | 598 | 238 | 39.8 |
Q2 2017 | 151 | 78 | 51.7 | 443 | 155 | 35.0 | 77 | 34 | 44.2 | 671 | 267 | 39.8 |
Total | 745 | 399 | 53.6 | 1591 | 715 | 44.9 | 285 | 118 | 41.4 | 2621 | 1232 | 47.0 |
Abbreviations: Q, quarter; TB, tuberculosis.