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. 2020 Sep 16;20:1409. doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-09524-5

Table 2.

Model of care

MDR-TB DS-TB
44 1134
Mean (95% CI) Mean (95% CI)
Hospitalisation
 Hospitalized at time of interview, N (%) 18 (41.9%) 74 (6.53%)
 Previously hospitalized during current phase, N (%) 7 (16.7%) 125 (11.0%)
  Times hospitalized during current phase, Mean (95% CI) 1.64 (0.83–2.45) 1.14 (1.04–1.23)
  Mean duration (days) hospitalized during current phase (95% CI) 91.4 (0–199.2) 12.9 (10.1–15.8)
  Median duration (days) hospitalized during current phase (IQR) 30 (26–102) 7 (5–14)
Ambulatory care
 Number of visits per episode: total (95% CI) 1093.4 (917–1269.8) 51.2 (42.1–60.3)
 Number of visits: DOT (95% CI) 614.5 (555.6–673.5) 167.6 (157.7–177.5)
 Number of visits: follow-up (95% CI) 10.9 (0–22.5) 3.7 (3.1–4.3)
 Number of visits: drug pick-up (95% CI) 569.1 (529.9–608.3) 9.1 (7.7–10.5)
 Number of visits pre-diagnosis (95% CI) 1.6 (0.9–2.2) 1.1 (1.1–1.2)
  Proportion of first visits to primary health facilities 5 (84.2%) 189 (39%)
  Proportion of first visits from private facilities 2 (28.8%) 159 (32.8%)
 Proportion of TB diagnoses made at private or NGO facility 2 (5%) 300 (26.5%)
Treatment duration
 Treatment duration: intensive phase, weeks Mean (95% CI) 7 (6.1–7.9) 2 (2–2.1)
 Treatment duration: continuation phase, weeks Mean (95% CI) 14.8 (12.8–16.8) 4.1 (4.1–4.1)
Treatment delay (among new patients in intensive phase) 6 486
 Weeks of treatment delay Mean (95% CI) 9.5 (3.4–15.7) 9.9 (8.1–11.8)
 Proportion of patients with delay > 28 days (%) 3 (50.0%) 223 (45.9%)