An Overview of Tuberculosis-Designated Hospitals in China, 2009-2015: A Longitudinal Analysis of National Survey Data

Table 3

Comparison of laboratories in the prefectural tuberculosis-designated hospitals between 2009 and 2015.

Characteristics	2009	2015	Change
	(n=203)	(n=350)	(%)
Smear microscopy
No. of tuberculosis-designated hospitals with testing capacity (%)	198; (98%)	334; (95%)	69%
Overall test volume	1,710,841	3,622,104	112%
Average no. of tests per tuberculosis-designated hospitals	8,641	10,845	26%
Culture
No. of tuberculosis-designated hospitals with testing capacity (%)	128; (63%)	241; (69%)	88%
Overall test volume	275,476	898,176	226%
Average no. of tests per tuberculosis-designated hospitals	2,152	3,727	73%
Phenotypic drug susceptibility testing
No. of tuberculosis-designated hospitals with testing capacity (%)	125; (62%)	203; (58%)	62%
Overall test volume	53,518	626,832	1071%
Average no. of tests per tuberculosis-designated hospitals	428	3,088	621%
Molecular testing (except GeneXpert)
No. of tuberculosis-designated hospitals with testing capacity (%)	-	60; (17%)	-
Overall test volume	-	172,632	-
Average no. of tests per tuberculosis-designated hospitals	-	2,031	-
GeneXpert
No. of tuberculosis-designated hospitals with testing capacity (%)	-	85; (24%)	-
Overall test volume	-	33,264	-
Average no. of tests per tuberculosis-designated hospitals	-	554	-