Table 2 Characteristics of smear-positive TB patients and choice of first provider in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, May 2004–February 2005
From: Delayed treatment of tuberculosis patients in rural areas of Yogyakarta province, Indonesia
| Â | First choice provider | Â | Â | Â | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristic | Private Practitioner | Health Centre | Hospital | Chest Clinic | Total | P | |||||
| Â | N | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | Â |
Age | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
15–24 | 24 | 30.0 | 31 | 38.8 | 12 | 15.0 | 13 | 16.3 | 80 | 100.0 |  |
25–54 | 67 | 29.1 | 85 | 37.0 | 44 | 19.1 | 34 | 14.8 | 230 | 100.0 | 0.707 |
≥ 55 | 24 | 21.6 | 47 | 42.3 | 19 | 17.1 | 21 | 18.9 | 111 | 100.0 |  |
Gender | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Male | 67 | 27.6 | 93 | 38.3 | 43 | 17.7 | 40 | 16.5 | 243 | 100.0 | Â |
Female | 48 | 27.0 | 70 | 39.3 | 32 | 18.0 | 28 | 15.7 | 178 | 100.0 | 0.994 |
Setting | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Urban | 46 | 23.1 | 78 | 39.2 | 46 | 23.1 | 29 | 14.6 | 222 | 100.0 | Â |
Rural | 69 | 31.1 | 85 | 38.3 | 29 | 13.1 | 39 | 17.6 | 199 | 100.0 | 0.029 |
Initial symptom | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Cough | 92 | 27.5 | 125 | 37.3 | 54 | 16.1 | 64 | 19.1 | 335 | 100.0 | Â |
Others | 23 | 26.7 | 38 | 44.2 | 21 | 24.4 | 4 | 4.7 | 86 | 100.0 | 0.006 |
All | 115 | 27.3 | 163 | 38.7 | 75 | 17.8 | 68 | 16.2 | 421 | 100.0 | Â |