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Table 3 Analyses of mean difference for the number of TB suspects and smear-positive TB cases identified by the different professions of PPs

From: The perspective of private practitioners regarding tuberculosis case detection and treatment delay in Amhara Region, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Profession

n (%)

TB cases

mean (95% CI)

P-value

n (%)

TB suspects

mean (95% CI)

p-value

Medical Specialists

18 (16.1)

3.3 (1.9, 4.7)

0.004

18 (16.1)

24 (14.1, 34)

0.009

GP

50 (44.6)

2.2 (1.4, 3.1)

 

50 (44.6)

16 (12.8, 22.1)

 

HO

44 (39.3)

1.1 (.9, 1.3)

 

44 (39.3)

12 (10.1, 14.0)

 
 

112

  

112

  
  1. CI: confidence interval