Table 4.

Patients and HCWs’ description of clinic attendance/non-attendance and completion of treatment

Patient’s Pseudonym	Hospital referred from	Referral clinic and location	Attendance at clinic after dischargea	Stopped attendance  (between 4 – 20 weeks)	Attended till completion of treatment	Completed treatment
Aphiwe	Hospital 1	Clinic 1 & Clinic 4 Khayelitsha	Yes	Yes	No	No
Babalwa	Hospital 2	Clinic 3 –Khayelitsha	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Bianca	Hospital 1	Clinic 6b	No	N/A	N/A	N/A
Buhle	Hospital 1	Clinic 5 –Khayelitsha	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Fezeka	Hospital 1	Clinic 2-Khayelitsha	Yes	Yes	No	No
Nandipha	Hospital 1	Clinic 1 – Delft	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Ndiliswa	Hospital 1	Clinic 2 & Clinic 3–Khayelitsha	Yes	Yes	No	No
Thandiwe	Hospital 2	Clinic 2 –Khayelitsha	Yes	Yes	No	No
Themba	Hospital 2	Clinic 3 –Khayelitsha	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Zintle	Hospital 2	Clinic 5 –Khayelitsha	Yes	No	Yes	Yes

^aPatients are given 7 days TB pills, which they are expected to take at home after discharge. They are expected to report at the clinic before the pills they received from the hospital are finished

^bBianca passed away before attending the clinic. Therefore, we did not interview healthcare workers at this clinic