Engaging Informal Private Health Care Providers for TB Case Detection: Experiences from RIPEND Project in India

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of informal providers involved in RIPENED project, Telangana State, India, 2018-19 ().

S. no	Variables		Number (%)
1	Age group (years)	<40	216 (39)
		40-50	204 (37)
		51-60	100 (18)
		>60	35 (6)
2	Sex	Male	551 (99.5)
		Female	4 (0.5)
3	Tuberculosis unit	Mulkanoor	69 (12)
		Station Ghanpur	71 (13)
		Warangal DTC	111 (20)
		Choppadandi	44 (8)
		Karimnagar DTC	99 (18)
		Jangaon	46 (8)
		Jagtial	115 (21)
4	Area of clinic	Urban	486 (87)
		Rural	69 (13)
5	Qualification	High school	26 (5)
		10^th standard	36 (6)
		12^th standard	8 (1)
		Diploma degree	196 (35)
		Degree science	187 (34)
		Degree others	102 (18)
6	Health facility	Rented	277 (50)
		Own building	267 (48)
		Not recorded	11 (2)
7	Clinic timings	Morning	1 (0)
		Morning and evening	546 (97)
		Evening	6 (3)
8	Experience in medical practice (in years)	<10	101 (18)
		10-20	240 (43)
		20-30	152 (28)
		>30	62 (1)
9	No. of daily consultations	<10	4 (0)
		10-20	469 (85)
		20-30	80 (14)
		>30	4 (1)
10	Consultation charges (INR)	50	21 (4)
		50-75	524 (94)
		>75	10 (2)