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Table 2 Reasons for tuberculosis TB treatment non-compliance in Dabat, Ethiopia, 2011

From: Long distance travelling and financial burdens discourage tuberculosis DOTs treatment initiation and compliance in Ethiopia: a qualitative study

Reasons for non-compliance

(Number of participants)*

Lack of geographic access to health facilities

(26)

Financial burden

(15)

Quality of health services provided

(9)

Dynamics of social support

(7)

  1. * Numbers in parentheses show the number of patients who reported the reasons. They do not add up to 26 as some patients reported more than one reason.