JOURNAL OF SHANDONG UNIVERSITY (HEALTH SCIENCES) ›› 2011, Vol. 49 ›› Issue (2): 125-.

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Management and flow direction of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis  patients discharged from TB hospitals

ZHANG Jia-sheng1, SUN Qiang1, BIAN Xue-feng1,2, YAN Yun1, LI Wen-jing1, LI Ren-zhong3, CHEN Cheng3, ZHANG Hui3   

  1. 1. Center for Health Management and Policy, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China; 
    2. Jinan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Jinan 250001, China;
    3. China Tuberculosis Control Center, Center for Disease Control and Prevention,  Beijing 102206, China
  • Received:2010-07-01 Online:2011-02-10 Published:2011-02-10

Abstract:

Objective    To investigate the management and flow direction of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis(TB) patients after discharged from the TB hospitals.  Methods    The samples were randomly selected using the stratified sampling method. Questionnaires were used in multidrug resistant tuberculosis patients in TB hospitals to get quantitative data and the information was further analyzed by SPSS 16.0. The semi-structured questionnaire was applied in the key subjects. Results    Among the patients, 7.2% were transferred to TB dispensaries after being discharged from TB hospitals, 8.3%  took medication under doctors′ supervision, and 35.1% received visits from personnel of TB dispensary. Conclusions    Only few patients are referred to TB dispensaries, and the management of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis patients is not adequate. So,  cooperation between TB hospitals and TB dispensaries needs to be strengthened in order to control multi-drug resistant tuberculosis.

Key words: Multi-drug resistant tuberculosis; Flow direction; Management

CLC Number: 

  • R184
[1] SUN Qiang1, MENG Qingyue1, LI Renzhong2, LU Chuanling3. Health seeking behavior of rural tuberculosis patients in Shandong Province [J]. JOURNAL OF SHANDONG UNIVERSITY (HEALTH SCIENCES), 2010, 48(3): 155-158.
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