|
Practice of private health care providers
|
Total
|
Female
|
Male
|
p-value
|
|---|
|
n(%)
|
n(%)
|
n(%)
|
|---|
|
Presumptive child TB
| |
6519
|
2320
|
4199
| |
|
Diagnosed TB
|
All
|
5193 (79.7)
|
1869 (80.6)
|
3324 (79.2)
|
< 0.0001
|
|
Bacteriologically positive
|
498 (7.6)
|
244 (10.5)
|
254 (6.0)
|
|
Clinically diagnosed
|
4695 (72.0)
|
1625 (70.0)
|
3070 (73.1)
|
|
Notified
|
Notified to NTP
|
187 (2.9)
|
113 (4.9)
|
74 (1.8)
|
< 0.0001
|
|
Investigation practices
|
Tuberculin Skin/PPD testing
|
219 (4.7)
|
106 (4.6)
|
113 (2.7)
|
< 0.0001
|
|
Sputum Smear
|
1875 (28.8)
|
830 (35.8)
|
1045 (24.9)
|
< 0.0001
|
|
X-ray
|
3005 (46.1)
|
1127 (48.6)
|
1878 (44.7)
|
0.003
|
|
X-pert test
|
324 (5.0)
|
154 (6.6)
|
170 (4.1)
|
< 0.0001
|
|
Granuloma/Histopathology
|
837 (12.8)
|
331 (14.3)
|
506 (12.1)
|
0.010
|
|
Culture
|
152 (2.3)
|
67 (2.9)
|
85 (2.0)
|
0.03
|
|
Number of tests done*
|
Only clinical assessment
|
2559 (39.3)
|
844 (36.4)
|
1715 (40.8)
|
< 0.0001
|
|
1 test
|
2217 (34.01)
|
699 (30.1)
|
1518 (36.1)
|
|
2 test
|
1270 (19.5)
|
543 (23.4)
|
727 (17.3)
|
|
3 tests or more
|
473 (7.3)
|
234 (10.1)
|
239 (5.7)
|
|
Management practices
|
Referred for TB diagnosis
|
3121 (47.9)
|
997 (43.0)
|
2124 (50.6)
|
< 0.0001
|
|
Diagnosed and referred
|
2443 (37.5)
|
857 (36.9)
|
1586 (37.8)
|
|
Treated
|
955 (14.6)
|
466 (20.1)
|
489 (11.7)
|
|
Place of referral (n = 5564)
|
District TB Centre (NTP)
|
3812 (68.5)
|
1260 (68.0)
|
2552 (68.8)
|
0.136
|
|
Private laboratory
|
1190 (21.4)
|
386 (20.8)
|
804 (21.7)
|
|
Private specialist hospital/GP
|
562 (10.1)
|
208 (11.2)
|
354 (9.5)
|
- *indicates how many tests were performed to reach final diagnosis
