Patient delay, diagnosis delay, and treatment outcomes among migrant patients with tuberculosis in Shanghai, China, 2018-2020: a mixed-methods study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aimed to examine patient delay, diagnosis delay and treatment performance among patients with tuberculosis (TB) in Shanghai, China in 2018-2020 focusing on disparities between migrant and local patients with TB.

Design

Mixed-method study.

Setting and participants

Quantitative data were collected from the TB information management system in Shanghai; 17 533 bacteriologically confirmed and clinically diagnosed patients with pulmonary TB registered in 2018-2020 were included. Qualitative interviews were conducted with TB administrators (n=3) and community healthcare providers (two groups, n=10 in total) from Shanghai.

Main outcome measures

Patient delay, diagnosis delay and treatment completion were examined by resident type using descriptive

SUBMITTER: Jia Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11529733 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature