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Table 4 The median delay (days) in diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in low and middle income countries other than Sub-Saharan Africa, 2007 to 2015 (n = 22)

From: Delay in diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in low-and middle-income settings: systematic review and meta-analysis

First Author

Country

Publication Year

Design

Setting

Sample size

Patient Delay

Health System Delay

Total Delay

Ref. No

Huong

Vietnam

2007

CS

TB units

2087

21

7

30

[30]

Maamari

Syria

2008

CS

TB centers

800

31 (Ẋ = 52.7)

11.7 (Ẋ = 24.8)

55 (Ẋ = 77.6)

[25]

Gosoniu

Bangladesh

2008

CS

Clinics, HC

102

*

*

60

[19]

Gosoniu

India

2008

CS

Health centers, Clinics

127

*

*

74

[19]

Basnet

Nepal

2009

CS

Hospital &HC

307

50

18

60

[47]

Ford

Peru

2009

CS

Hospital & Health post

108

61

*

*

[21]

Maciel

Brazil

2010

CS

Primary PHF

304

76

30

110

[56]

Aye

Tajikistan

2010

RC

Hospital, HC, clinics

204

21.5

16

53

[46]

Pradhan

India

2010

CS

DOTs centers

266

6 (Ẋ = 30)

31 (Ẋ = 61)

37 (Ẋ = 91)

[43]

Sabawoon

Afghanistan

2011

CS

Hospital & clinic

122

199 (Ẋ = 205.2)

128.5 (Ẋ = 150)

366.5 (Ẋ = 356)

[31]

Li

China

2012

CS

TB clinics

323

10 (Ẋ =31)

*

*

[55]

Nasehi

Iran

2012

CS

Hospital, clinics

5702

*

*

59

[60]

Tamhane

India

2012

CS

Health center

150

15

31

*

[23]

Behera

India

2013

CS

Tertiary hospital

204

16 (Ẋ =32.97)

39 (Ẋ = 60.46)

43 (Ẋ = 75.7)

[48]

Rabin

Georgia

2013

CS

TB diagnostic centers

247

23.5 (Ẋ = 56.2)

14(Ẋ = 33.7)

59.5 (Ẋ = 89)

[63]

Deponti

Brazil

2013

CS

Tertiary hospital

153

30

18

60

[52]

Jurcev-Savicevic

Croatia

2013

CS

Hospital

241

*

15

*

[53]

Woith

Russia

2014

CS

TB clinics

105

30

*

*

[65]

Ekinci

Turkey

2014

CS

Referral hospital

136

12 (Ẋ = 30.5)

29 (Ẋ = 48.7)

54 (Ẋ = 82.2)

[22]

Alavi

Iran

2015

CS

Health Center

139

*

*

48 (Ẋ = 73)

[45]

Belkina

Uzbekistan

2014

CS

Hospitall

538

27

7

50

[44]

Maior

Brazil

2012

CS

TB clinic

199

56

14

70

[57]

  1. Key: * Value not obtainable
  2. Ẋ: Mean value
  3. CS: Cross-sectional
  4. HC: Health center
  5. PHF: Public health facility
  6. RC: Retrospective cohort