Research Article
The Quality of Tuberculosis Services in Health Care Centres in a Rural District in Uganda: The Providers’ and Clients’ Perspective
Table 6
Outcomes of TB service care for new sputum smear positive cases in Kamuli district health facilities for the year 2010.
| Name of
health
facility | Number of smear positives identified in 2010 | Number started on treatment | Number on F-DOTS | Number on CB-DOTS | Completed treatment | Cured | Treatment failures | Defaulted treatment | Died |
| | A (HCIII) | 01 | 01 | — | — | 01 | — | — | — | — | | B (HCIII) | 03 | 03 | — | 03 | 01 | 02 | — | — | — | | C (HCIII) | 08 | 08 | — | 08 | 03 | 04 | — | 01 | — | | D (HCIII) | 13 | 13 | — | 11 | 09 | 03 | — | — | 01 | | E (HCIV) | 18 | 18 | 01 | 17 | 08 | 06 | — | 02 | 02 | | F (HCIV) | 02 | 02 | — | 01 | 02 | — | — | — | — | | G (Hospital) | 72 | 72 | 19 | 21 | 28 | 030 | — | 11 | 03 | | H (Hospital) | 59 | 59 | — | 09 | 19 | 024 | 01 | 08 | 06 |
| | Total (%) | 176 | 176 | 20 (11.4) | 70 (40) | 71 (40.3) | 69 (39.2) | 1 (0.6) | 22 (12.5) | 12 (6.8) |
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F-DOTS-facility-directly observed therapy-short course, CB-DOTS-community based-directly observed therapy-short course.
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