TABLE 1.
Proportion of laboratories performing TB testing, compared with the proportion of TB patients tested by these laboratories, by laboratory type
| Test and group | Total no. | No. (%) tested in different laboratory types
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| Public health | Independent non-HMO | HMO | Hospital | ||
| Smear microscopy | |||||
| Laboratories | 44 | 3 (7) | 8 (18) | 2 (5) | 31 (70) |
| Patients | 268 | 54 (20) | 39 (15) | 39 (15) | 136 (51) |
| Mycobacterial culture | |||||
| Laboratories | 43 | 4 (9) | 8 (19) | 2 (5) | 29 (67) |
| Patients | 265 | 58 (22) | 38 (14) | 39 (15) | 130 (49) |
| Identification of M. tuberculosis | |||||
| Laboratories | 27 | 5 (19) | 9 (33) | 2 (7) | 11 (41) |
| Patients | 272 | 83 (31) | 61 (22) | 40 (15) | 88 (32) |
| Drug susceptibility testing | |||||
| Laboratories | 19 | 6 (32) | 8 (42) | 1 (5) | 4 (21) |
| Patients | 266 | 99 (37) | 82 (31) | 23 (9) | 62 (23) |