Table 2.
Treatment outcome, median time to initiate treatment and length of hospitals stay by hospitals
| Characteristics | Hospitals | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Gondar | Borumeda | Debremarkos | ||
| Median length of hospital stay (days) | 61 (35 to 100) | 72.5 (47 to 110) | 39 (24 to 70) | |
| Median time to start treatment (days) | 14 (3 to 72) | 9 (2 to 18) | 6.5 (2 to 15) | |
| Treatment outcome | Cured | 151 (57.8) | 63 (50.8) | 13 (27.6) |
| Completed | 14 (5.4) | 1 (0.8) | 3 (6.4) | |
| Unknown outcome | 49 (18.8) | 25 (20.2) | 1 (2.1) | |
| Treatment failure | 2 (0.8) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
| On treatment (continuation) | 45 (17.2) | 35 (28.2) | 30 (63.8) | |
| Number of patients enrolled | 261 | 124 | 47 | |
| Number of beds in the hospitals | 21 | 14 | 14 | |