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Table 4 Treatment outcomes of Transfer-in TB patients in comparison to the non Transfer-in cohort

From: Characteristics and treatment outcomes of tuberculosis patients who “transfer-in” to health facilities in Harare City, Zimbabwe: a descriptive cross-sectional study

TB treatment outcome

 

Type of Patient n (%)

p-value**

Transfers-in (n=263)

Non Transfers-in* (n=7010)

Cured

58 (22.1)

1769 (25.3)

0.581

Treatment completed

123 (46.8)

4007 (57.3)

0.020

Defaulters

5 (1.9)

105 (1.5)

0.943

Deaths

7 (2.7)

585 (8.4)

0.588

Treatment failure

0 (0)

19 (0.3)

-

Not evaluated

70 (26.6)

525 (7.5)

<0.01

  1. NB: Percentages may not always add up to 100 because of rounding off error.
  2. *TB treatment outcomes were reported for only 7,010 non transfer-in patients out of 7,029 patients notified in Harare City for 2010 as obtained from the Zimbabwe National TB Programme.
  3. ** P-values are for the Fischers Exact test for associations.