Characteristics and Treatment Outcomes of “Transfer Out” TB Patients after Crosschecking Registers at Four Hospitals of Tigray Regional State, Ethiopia: 2011-2015
Table 2
Characteristics of transferred-out patients with regard to time period between transfer out and transfer at the selected health units, Tigray, Ethiopia, 2011–2015 (N=104).
Characteristics
Time period between transfer out and transfer in
<8 days
8-30 days
>30 days
Total
Sex
Female
30(69.7)
8(19)
4(9.3)
42
Male
51(83.6)
4(6.4)
7(11.5)
62
Age
≤ 18
19(90.5)
1(4.7)
1(4.7)
21
19-34
31(67.4)
6(13)
9(19.5)
46
35-54
20(80)
4(16)
1(4)
25
≥ 55
11(91.7)
1(8.3)
0
12
Total
81(77)
12(11.4)
11(10.6)
104
Residency
Rural
51(82.3)
7(11.3)
4(6.5)
62
Urban
30(71.4)
5(11.9)
7(16.7)
42
HIV status
Positive
15(62.5)
6(25)
3(12.5)
24
Negative
37(88.1)
1(2.4)
4(9.5)
42
Unknown
29(76.3)
5(13.2)
4(10.5)
38
Type of TB
PTB /smear positive
10(71.4)
2(14.3)
2(14.3)
14
PTB/ smear negative
31(77.5)
4(10)
5(12.5)
40
EPTB
40(80)
6(12)
4(8)
50
Transferred to
Hospital
36(80)
5(11.1)
4(8.9)
45
Health center
45(76.2)
7(11.9)
7(11.9)
59
Abbreviations. HIV: human immune deficiency virus, TB: tuberculosis, PTB: pulmonary tuberculosis, and EPTB: extra pulmonary tuberculosis.
