Table 3 Patterns of care-seeking pathways and health system delay (HSD) for patients with tuberculosis (TB) in Taiwan according to specialty type and medical care level of provider (n = 2597)
From: Health system delay among patients with tuberculosis in Taiwan: 2003–2010
Specialty type: TB-relateda(T) versus non-TB-related (NT) | Medical care level: primary care clinic (C); district hospital (D); regional hospital (R); medical center (M) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pattern | n (%) | Median HSDe (IQR) | Pattern | n (%) | Median HSDe (IQR) |
1.Persistentb | 1.Persistentb | ||||
NT to NT | 511 (19.7) | 39.0 (13.5–78.0) | C to C | 82 (3.1) | 23.5 (7.5–61.0) |
T to T | 215 (8.2) | 14.0 (7.0–37.0) | D to D | 119 (4.5) | 18.0 (7.0–45.0) |
R to R | 269 (10.4) | 19.0 (7.0–44.0) | |||
M to M | 220 (8.5) | 19.5 (7.0–42.0) | |||
2.Progressivec | 1223 (47.2) | 39.0 (13.0–77.0) | 2.Progressivec | 1001 (38.7) | 36.0 (13.0–69.0) |
3.Mixedd | 648 (24.9) | 63.0 (31.0–128.3) | 3.Mixedd | 906 (34.8) | 76.0 (38.0–137.8) |