Spatial analysis of tuberculosis treatment outcomes in Shanghai: implications for tuberculosis control.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Tuberculosis (TB) treatment outcomes are a key indicator in the assessment of TB control programs. We aimed to identify spatial factors associated with TB treatment outcomes, and to provide additional insights into TB control from a geographical perspective.

Methods

We collected data from the electronic TB surveillance system in Shanghai, China and included pulmonary TB patients registered from January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2016. We examined the associations of physical accessibility to hospitals, an autoregression term, and random hospital effects with treatment outcomes in logistic regression models after adjusting for demographic, clinical, and treatment factors.

Results

Of the 53,475 pulmonary TB patients, 49,002 (91.6%) had successful treatment outco

SUBMITTER: Zhang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9684007 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature