Table 2 Tuberculosis notification among citizen and foreigner, stratified by type of case and number of health facilities visits
From: Completeness and timeliness of tuberculosis notification in Taiwan
| Â | Total n (column %) | Not notified n (row%) | Notified n (row %) | adjOR* | (95% CI) | p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Citizen | |||||||||
   previously notified cases | 4,635 | (8.3) | 843 | (18.2) | 3,792 | (81.8) | 11.7 | (10.5-13.1) | < 0.001 |
   new cases | 51,389 | (91.7) | 956 | (1.9) | 50,433 | (98.1) |  |  |  |
Foreigner | |||||||||
   previously notified cases | 7 | (0.5) | 1 | (14.3) | 6 | (85.7) | 1.9 | (0.1-10.7) | 0.88 |
   new cases | 1,374 | (99.5) | 314 | (22.9) | 1,060 | (77.1) |  |  |  |
Citizen | |||||||||
   health facilities visits only once | 7,446 | (13.3) | 925 | (12.4) | 6,521 | (87.6) | 12.0 | (10.7-13.5) | < 0.001 |
   health facilities visits twice | 3,576 | (19.1) | 251 | (7.0) | 3,325 | (93.0) | 5.2 | (4.4-6.1) | < 0.001 |
   health facilities visits ≥3 times | 45,002 | (80.3) | 623 | (1.4) | 44,379 | (98.6) | ref. |  |  |
Foreigner | |||||||||
   health facilities visits once | 430 | (31.1) | 188 | (43.7) | 242 | (56.3) | 7.6 | (5.6-10.4) | < 0.001 |
   health facilities visits twice | 146 | (10.6) | 54 | (37.0) | 92 | (63.0) | 5.8 | (3.8-8.8) | < 0.001 |
   health facilities visits ≥3 times | 805 | (58.3) | 73 | (9.1) | 732 | (90.9) | ref. |  |  |