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Volume 27, Number 3—March 2021
Synopsis

Decentralized Care for Rifampin-Resistant Tuberculosis, Western Cape, South Africa

Sarah V. LeavittComments to Author , Karen R. Jacobson, Elizabeth J. Ragan, Jacob Bor, Jennifer Hughes, Tara C. Bouton, Tania Dolby, Robin M. Warren, and Helen E. Jenkins
Author affiliations: Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (S.V. Leavitt, K.R. Jacobson, E.J. Ragan, J. Bor, T.C. Bouton, H.E. Jenkins); Boston Medical Center, Boston (K.R. Jacobson, E.J. Ragan, T.C. Bouton); University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa (J. Bor); Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa (J. Hughes, R.M. Warren); Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA (T.C. Bouton); Green Point Tuberculosis Laboratory, Cape Town, South Africa (T. Dolby); South African Medical Research Council Centre for Tuberculosis Research, Cape Town (R.M. Warren); Department of Science and Technology–National Research Foundation Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research, Cape Town (R.M. Warren)

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Figure 3

Linear time trends in magnitude and duration of movement for adult patients with RR TB, Western Cape, South Africa, 2012–2014. Patients did not have second-line drug resistance and attended >2 clinic visits. Linear regression trendlines are colored based on district of diagnosis (red indicates Cape Town; blue indicates other districts) and styled based on significance (solid line indicates p<0.05; dotted line indicates p>0.05). A) Number of patients diagnosed with RR TB. B) Percentage of patients who submitted a sample from a TB hospital <1 year after diagnosis. C) Percentage of patients who transitioned to care outside a TB hospital. D) Median duration of first stay in a TB hospital. E) Percentage of patients who transitioned to different facilities. F) Median number of visits in which patient submitted >1 sample. G) Median total Euclidean distance traveled between locations. H) Median Euclidean distance between consecutive visits. RR, rifampin-resistant; TB, tuberculosis.

Figure 3. Linear time trends in magnitude and duration of movement for adult patients with RR TB, Western Cape, South Africa, 2012–2014. Patients did not have second-line drug resistance and attended >2 clinic visits. Linear regression trendlines are colored based on district of diagnosis (red indicates Cape Town; blue indicates other districts) and styled based on significance (solid line indicates p<0.05; dotted line indicates p>0.05). A) Number of patients diagnosed with RR TB. B) Percentage of patients who submitted a sample from a TB hospital <1 year after diagnosis. C) Percentage of patients who transitioned to care outside a TB hospital. D) Median duration of first stay in a TB hospital. E) Percentage of patients who transitioned to different facilities. F) Median number of visits in which patient submitted >1 sample. G) Median total Euclidean distance traveled between locations. H) Median Euclidean distance between consecutive visits. RR, rifampin-resistant; TB, tuberculosis.

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