. 2022 Dec 7;22:1489. doi: 10.1186/s12913-022-08880-9

Table 3.

Categories, themes, and sub-themes

Categories	Themes	Sub-themes
Patients’ socio-economic circumstances	Family relationships, support and personal motivation
	Inadequate income and request for disability grant
	Patients’ agency among structural problems
Health system challenges	Inadequate linkage between the clinic and the hospital	Inadequate communication between the hospitals and the clinics
Health system challenges	Inadequate linkage between the clinic and the hospital	Inconsistent provision of medication before discharge and inadequate TB education at clinics
Negative emotions	Scared and confused when accessing care
Negative emotions	Feeling embarrassed at clinics