Table 1 Information from baseline questionnaire with Private Practitioners (n = 27)
Characteristics | |
|---|---|
Solo practice | 48% |
Average length of time practicing in this clinic/location | 10 years |
Practicing medicine in another location | 74% |
Previously participated in a PPM project | 7% |
Monthly report of patients sent to CHC | 63% |
Follow-up contact with CHC staff in past year | 22% |
Average length of time for patient to get from PP clinic to CHC | 12 min |
Average number of patients with TB symptoms seen in the past year (range) | 11 (0–150) |
Average number of TB cases diagnosed in the past year (range) | 6 (0–54) |
Normal place of referral for sputum smear for patients with TB symptoms | |
CHC | 41% |
Laboratory (private or city health office laboratory) | 26% |
Hospital | 7% |
Other (public/government lung centre) | 26% |
Normal place of treatment for positive TB cases | |
Own clinic | 21% |
CHC | 42% |
Hospital | 8% |
Others (public/government lung centre) | 29% |
Correct answer given to the question: “Which TB signs and symptoms are the most important for investigation of TB?” | 59% |