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Table 2 Cross population table of TB treatment outcomes correlation between the patient clinical records and the electronic TB register across Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga (2010) N = 951

From: Tuberculosis cure rates and the ETR.Net: investigating the quality of reporting treatment outcomes from primary healthcare facilities in Mpumalanga province, South Africa

  

ETR.Net

  

Cured

Completed

Failure

Died

Transferred

Defaulted

Not recorded

Total

Patient clinical record

Cured

383a

43b

0

3b

3b

2b

39c

473

Completed

57

54

0

2

1

0

17

131

Failure

1

1

4

0

1

0

1

8

Died

8

1

1

30

0

0

10

50

Transferred

6

6

1

0

61

0

6

80

Defaulted

14

5

1

2

4

21

13

60

Not evaluated

77

20

2

10

11

7

22

149

Total

546

130

9

47

81

30

108

951

  1. aTotal number of cured cases correctly reported (383/473)
  2. bTotal number of cured cases reported incorrectly (as other outcomes e.g. cured as died) (39/473)
  3. cTotal number of cured cases not captured in ETR.NET (39/473)