Time delays in diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis: a systematic review of literature

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 2 Time delays (in days) in diagnosis among pulmonary tuberculosis patients in High income countries

Year of Study	Country	Study Design	Study setting	Patient delay	Health system delay	Total delay	Reference
1992	Korea	Longitudinal Recruitment	Health centres	54 d	14 d	60 d	[52]
1997	Japan	Longitudinal recruitment, interview	Tertiary hospital	21 d	7.2 d	42 d	[53]
2000–2001	USA	Longitudinal recruitment, interview	Tertiary care hospital	32 d	26 d	89 d	[54]
1994	USA	Longitudinal recruitment, interview	All types of health facilities	25 d	15 d	57 d	[55]
2003–2004	Norway	Retrospective analysis	National TB registry	28 d	33 d	63 d	[56]
2001–2002	UK	Retrospective analysis	TB register	34.5 d	29.5 d	78 d	[57]
2003	Taiwan	Cross-sectional, interview	National TB register	7 d	23 d	44 d	[58]
2004	Hong Kong	Longitudinal recruitment, Interview	TB units	20 d	20 d	49 d	[59]
1985–1998	Australia	Retrospective analysis	TB registry	30 d	11 d	66 d	[60]
2003	Italy	Retrospective analysis	Disease surveillance data	7 d	36 d	65 d	[61]

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