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Table 1 Characteristics of cases by hospital

From: Missed opportunities in TB diagnosis: a TB Process-Based Performance Review tool to evaluate and improve clinical care

 

Hospital A (n = 56)

Hospital B (n = 26)

Hospital C (n = 20)

Hospital D (n = 13)

Country, hospital type

SA, mining

SA, mining

SA, teaching

UK, teaching

% male

100

100

48

60

Age/y; median (range)

48 (26-64)

43 (20-64)

37 (22-61)

46 (24-69)

Duration of admission/days; median (range)

11 (1-110)

7 (1-67)

5 (3-32)

38 (7-85)

TB treatment completed previously; n (%)

26 (46)

10 (39)

3 (10)

0 (0)

†HIV-infected; n (%)

54 (96)

23 (89)

16 (80)

5 (39)

TB treated at final admission; n (%)

32 (57)

16 (62)

14 (70)

12 (92)

Empirical TB treatment; n (%)

17 (53)

4 (25)

6 (43)

3 (25)

  1. † HIV status was unknown in 2, 1, 3 and 1 cases in Hospitals A-D respectively