Characteristics and Treatment Outcomes of “Transfer-Out” Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients in Gondar, Ethiopia
Table 1
Characteristics of transferred-out PTB patients at the University of Gondar Hospital and those who arrived and did not arrive at selected receiving units, respectively, Ethiopia, 2009–2013.
Characteristics
Transfer-out () number (%)
Arriving () number (%)
Nonarriving () number (%)
Sex
Male
271 (59.3)
244 (90.0)
27 (10.0)
Female
186 (40.7)
159 (85.5)
27 (14.5)
Age (years)
≤18
137 (30.0)
111 (81.1)
26 (18.9)
19–34
183 (40.0)
168 (91.8)
15 (8.2)
35–54
106 (23.2)
98 (92.5)
8 (7.5)
≥55
31 (6.8)
26 (83.9)
5 (16.1)
Sputum status (pulmonary TB type)
Smear-positive
108 (23.6)
99 (91.7)
9 (8.3)
Smear-negative
349 (76.4)
304 (87.1)
45 (12.9)
Type of TB by history
New
420 (91.9)
368 (87.6)
52 (12.4)
Relapse
27 (5.9)
26 (96.3)
1 (3.7)
Return after default
4 (0.9)
4 (100.0)
0 (0.0)
Failure
6 (1.3)
5 (83.3)
1 (16.7)
HIV status
Negative
284 (62.1)
247 (86.9)
37 (13.1)
Positive
173 (37.9)
156 (90.2)
17 (9.8)
Duration in which the patient transferred out after initiation of treatment
