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

Table 5

Management of tuberculosis patients in 350 prefectural TB-designated hospitals.

Type	No. of hospitals (%)			Total
	Eastern	Central	Western
TB-designated hospital	28(21.88)	22(20.18)	26(23.01)	76(21.71)
Local CDC	35(27.34)	22(20.18)	24(21.24)	81(23.14)
Mixed pattern of hospital and	63(49.22)	63(57.80)	63(55.75)	189(54.00)
Loss to follow-up	2(1.56)	2(1.83)	0(0.00)	4(1.14)
Total	128(100.0)	109(100.0)	113(100.0)	350(100.0)

Mixed pattern of hospital and CDC represents that the patients within the area of responsibility were managed by TB-designated hospital, whereas the other patients were transferred to local CDC.