Table 4 Outcomes of pretreatment lost to follow-up patients
Patients who did not start TB therapy within 14 days of diagnosis (n = 40) | N (%) |
Alive and trackable by study team | 21 (52.5) |
Not trackable by study team | 17 (42.5) |
Died before starting therapy | 2 (5.0) |
Patients who started TB therapy but who were lost to follow-up or died before RNTCP registration (n = 36) | |
Alive and trackable by study team | 7 (19.4) |
Not trackable by study team | 10 (27.8) |
Died after starting therapy but before RNTCP registration | 19 (52.8) |
All PTLFU patients (n = 76) | |
Alive and trackable by study team | 28 (36.8) |
Not trackable by study team | 27 (35.5) |
Died before starting therapy or before RNTCP registration | 21 (27.6) |