Table 2

Identification of patients with TB symptoms and TB diagnosis in intervention and control groups

Intervention groupControl groupCrude Rate ratio
Pharmacy provider PYO132.491090.03–
Patients with TB symptoms registered1674203–
Patients with TB diagnosed25583–
Patients with TB symptoms referred per pharmacy PYO12.630.1962.01 (95% CI: 53.56 to 71.78)*
Patients with TB diagnosed per pharmacy provider PYO1.920.0825.28 (95% CI: 19.73 to 32.38)*

  • *Rate ratio is estimated by the conditional maximum likelihood estimate method and 95% CI by the Mid-P Exact method.

  • PYO, person-years of observation; TB, tuberculosis.