Abstract
Health Care System Delay of Tuberculosis Treatment and Its Correlates among Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients in Hadiya Zone Public Health Facilities, Southern Ethiopia
Highlights
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious bacterial disease caused by Mycobacterium TB which commonly affects the lungs but can affect other parts of the body
The finding from this study revealed that, median Health system delay was in accordance with studies from Ethiopia [10] (6 days) and lower than reports from Oromia region [3] median delay of 9 days
Visiting several health care providers was associated with health system delay which is similar with studies from Pakistan, showed that visiting several health care providers was significantly associated with health system delay
Summary
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious bacterial disease caused by Mycobacterium TB which commonly affects the lungs but can affect other parts of the body. Health system delay in our context was the time ranging from patient’s first contact to any modern health facility to date of initiations of Anti TB treatment. This comprises time spent during referrals between facilities, diagnosis and time between diagnosis and start of treatment and time spent on treatment of patients with drugs other than that for TB [3]. Even though studies conducted in TB treatment delay there is result inconsistencies due to differences in culture, environment and infrastructure
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