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Table 2 Epidemiological characteristics and NTP performance according to the time to full implementation of the FDC-RHZE regimen in Brazil

From: Factors associated with the rapid implementation process of the fixed-dose combination RHZE tuberculosis regimen in brazil: an ecological study

Characteristics

Time to full implementation of FDC-RHZE regimen in Brazil

 

Less than 2 months

2 to 4 months

More than 4 months

Total

Demographic and epidemiological

    

 Size population (mean)

11756

17941

98974

47032

 Population density (mean)

35.2

46.4

313.2

146.4

 Tuberculosis incidence rate* 2010 (mean)

25.3

32.2

67.3

42.9

Operational NTP**

    

 Proportion of patients with DOT*** (mean)

96.4

95.5

92.4

94.7

 Proportion of patients with confirmatory laboratory tests (mean)

60.6

62.7

64.6

62.5

 Proportion of patients with follow-up laboratory tests (mean)

49.6

59.0

59.6

55.0

  1. * Rate per 100 hundred inhabitants; **NTP-National tuberculosis program; ***DOT-directly observed treatment.