Table 2 Cox proportional hazards analysis on health system delay (HSD) for patients with tuberculosis (TB) in Taiwan (n = 3115)^e

HR (95 % CI)

P value

HR (95 % CI)

P value

  < 30

466

53.2

1.00

1.00

  ≥ 30 and <45

554

75.5

0.87 (0.77–0.98)

0.030

0.89 (0.79–1.00)

0.050

  ≥ 45 and <65

957

135.9

0.85 (0.76–0.95)

0.005

0.81 (0.72–0.91)

<0.001

  ≥ 65

1138

198.8

0.72 (0.65–0.80)

<0.001

0.68 (0.62–0.76)

<0.001

 Female

952

152.8

0.91 (0.84–0.98)

0.021

0.88 (0.82–0.96)

0.003

 Male

2163

310.8

1.00

1.00

  < $17880 NTD^a per month

1810

261.7

1.00

1.00

  ≥ $17880 NTD per month

1305

201.9

0.94 (0.87–1.00)

0.080

1.00 (0.93–1.08)

0.901

 Inpatient

427

26.9

1.00

1.00

 Outpatient

2688

436.6

0.44 (0.39–0.49)

<0.001

0.54 (0.48–0.60)

<0.001

 Non-TB-related

2441

429.5

0.36 (0.33–0.40)

<0.001

0.47 (0.42–0.52)

<0.001

 TB-related^d

674

34.1

1.00

1.00

 Medical center

481

46.8

1.09 (0.96–1.23)

0.170

0.79 (0.69–0.90)

<0.001

 Regional hospital

706

64.9

1.15 (1.02–1.29)

0.010

0.89 (0.79–1.01)

0.079

 District hospital

488

53.0

1.00

1.00

 Clinic

1440

298.8

0.58 (0.52–0.64)

<0.001

0.75 (0.67–0.83)

<0.001

 Central

532

80.5

0.79 (0.66–0.95)

0.010

0.83 (0.69–0.99)

0.045

 Eastern

150

17.2

1.00

1.00

 KaoPing

630

98.7

0.77 (0.65–0.92)

0.005

0.79 (0.66–0.94)

0.010

 Northern

379

59.1

0.78 (0.64–0.94)

0.010

0.71 (0.59–0.86)

<0.001

 Southern

501

77.8

0.79 (0.66–0.95)

0.010

0.75 (0.62–0.90)

0.002

 Taipei

923

130.1

0.83 (0.70–0.99)

0.040

0.80 (0.67–0.95)

0.012

Distance (logarithm)

-

-

0.94 (0.930.94)

<0.001

0.96 (0.95–0.97)

<0.001