Differing Influence on Delays in the Case-Finding Process for Tuberculosis Between General Physicians and Specialists in Mongolia

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The objective of this study is to compare the influence on delays in the tuberculosis casefinding process according to the types of medical facilities initially visited. The subjects include 107 patients 16 years and older who were diagnosed with bacteriologically confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis at nine tuberculosis specialized facilities in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia from May 1995 to March 1996. Patients were interviewed about their demographic and socioeconomic factors and their medical records were reviewed for measuring delays. Fifty-five patients initially consulted general physicians and the remaining 52 patients initially visited other types of facilities including tuberculosis specialized facilities. Patients who initially consulted general physicians had shorter patients delays and longer doctors delays than those who had visited other facilities first. Since the reduction of patients delay outweighs the extension of doctors delay among patients who initially consulted general physicians, their total delay was shorter than that of patients who visited other facilities first. The beneficial influence of consulting general physicians first on the total delay was observed after adjusting for patients age, sex, residence area, family income and family history of tuberculosis. This finding indicates that general physicians play an important role in improving the passive case-finding process in Mongolia. J Epidemiol, 1997; 7 : 93-98.
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Differing Influence on Delays in the Case-Finding Process for Tuberculosis Between General Physicians and Specialists in Mongolia

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