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

Table 2

TB management practices of Informal providers at the time of involvement under RIPENED project, Telangana State, India, during 2018-19 ().

S. no	Variables		Number (%)
1	Symptoms of presumptive TB	weeks	528 (95)
		Not recorded	27 (5)
2	Action taken when encountered presumptive TB	Referred	1 (0.5)
		Order TB test	553 (99)
		Not recorded	1 (0.5)
3	Where do you refer?	Government	555 (100)
		Private	0
4	Do you ask for chest radiography?	Yes	0
		No	552 (99)
		Not recorded	3 (1)
5	Do you ask for sputum smear microscopy?	Yes	553 (100)
		No	0
		Not recorded	2 (0)
6	Do you ask for blood test?	Yes	0
		No	554 (99)
		Not recorded	1 (1)
7	Are you sensitized on TB by project staff?	Yes	466 (84)
		No	87 (16)
		Not recorded	2 (0)
8	Where were you sensitized?	Government	454 (82)
		Private	7 (3)
		Not recorded	94 (17)
9	Are you a DOT provider?	Yes	25 (4)
		No	518 (94)
		Not recorded	12 (2)
10	Do you use project mobile application routinely?	Yes	218 (40)
		No	330 (60)
		Not applicable	2 (0)
		Not recorded	5 (1)
11	Have you received incentives from project for referrals? (Initial 3 months)	Yes	86 (15)
		No	466 (85)
		Not recorded	3 (0)
12	Are you willing to undergo programmatic sensitization?	Yes	528 (95)
		No	16 (3)
		Not applicable	3 (1)
		Not recorded	8 (1)
13	How many hours can you devote for sensitization?	4 hours	537 (97)
		1 day	1 (0)
		Not recorded	17 (3)