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Table 5 Reasons for non-arrival of TB patients at the CDC

From: Improving detection and notification of tuberculosis cases in students in Shaanxi province, China: an intervention study

    

Reasons for patients not to arrive at the CDC

  

Number of patients registered

Number of patients not arrived

Treated at TB hospital

Left university for treatment in hometown

Treated at general hospital

Treated at another CDC within the district

Treated at university hospital

Denial of TB suspect status

Unknown

Before

Control

88

45 (51.1)

18

10

7

2

2

1

5

 

Intervention

92

50 (54.3)

20

11

8

3

3

1

4

After

Control

65

3 (53.8)

11

5

8

2

4

2

3

 

Intervention

73

5 (6.8)

4

1

0

0

0

0

0