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Table 4 Diagnostic delays by source of referral among patients diagnosed with active tuberculosis in Stockholm, 2015, n = 169

From: Diagnostic pathways and delay among tuberculosis patients in Stockholm, Sweden: a retrospective observational study

Source of referral to TB specialist clinic

Patient delay (days): median (IQR)

Health care provider delay (days): median (IQR)

Total delay (days): median (IQR)

Primary health care centre (n = 34)

31 (19–98) (n = 32)*

24 (5–62) (n = 33)

85 (42–149) (n = 31)

Other specialist facilities (n = 53)

13 (3–31)(n = 41)

57 (19–113) (n = 43)

85 (38–132) (n = 38)

Emergency dpt (actively sought) (n = 29)

8 (3–45) (n = 27)

9 (3–24) (n = 28)

30 (14–53) (n = 27)

Emergency dpt (through referral) (n = 17)

28 (6–37) (n = 15)

29 (11–51) (n = 17)

65 (34–91) (n = 15)

Health examination screening center (n = 25)

54 (38–106) (n = 22)

Contact investigation at CID (n = 11)

48 (24–62) (n = 11)

  1. Abbreviations: TB = tuberculosis, SD = standard deviation, IQR = interquartile range,
  2. dpt = department, CID = clinic of infectious diseases
  3. *The numbers noted in each box are the number of patient with available delay data per subgroup
  4. Excluded patients:
  5. - Patients identified through visit at clinic of infectious diseases, n = 7
  6. - Patient with missing source of referral data, n = 1