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Table 2 Percent quarterly change in proportion of TB treatment outcomes, Tracer vs. Non-Tracer subdistricts, Q1 2007-Q1 2009, South Africa

From: Impact of community tracer teams on treatment outcomes among tuberculosis patients in South Africa

 

Tracer

Non-Tracer

Percent quarterly change, %†

95% CI

P-value

Percent quarterly change, %†

95% CI

P-value

Default

−0.031

(−0.048, -0.014)

<0.001

−0.002

(−0.019, 0.016)

0.85

Success*

0.003

(0.001, 0.006)

0.03

0.002

(−0.001, 0.004)

0.16

Cure

0.007

(0.002, 0.012)

<0.01

0.010

(0.005, 0.014)

<0.001

Completed

−0.029

(−0.047, -0.011)

<0.01

−0.059

(−0.076, -0.041)

<0.001

Failed

0.012

(−0.014, 0.037)

0.36

−0.030

(−0.054, -0.006)

0.01

Died

0.002

(−0.012, 0.016)

0.79

−0.006

(−0.019, 0.007)

0.34

  1. †Calculations of percent quarterly change included all smear positive TB patients registered with treatment outcome data in the ETR.
  2. *Treatment success was defined as having a registered treatment outcome of either ‘Cured’ or ‘Completed’ in the ETR and was calculated by combining ‘Cured’ and ‘Completed’ treatment outcomes.
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