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Table 3 Program effect on patients’ treatment adherence and satisfaction

From: Impact of an innovative tuberculosis financing and payment model on health service utilization by tuberculosis patients in China: do the poor fare better than the rich?

Indicator

Period

Extreme poverty

Moderate poverty

Non-poverty

Total

Proportion of patients who refused treatment (%)

Baseline

4.9

2.4

2.7

3.3

Final evaluation

2.9

2.9

1.6

2.6

Proportion of patients taking medications as prescribed (%)

Baseline

75.4

81.6

81.0

79.3

Final evaluation

90.5

93.1

92.3

92.0

Proportion of patients terminating treatment (%)

Baseline

19.0

13.0

15.9

15.7

Final evaluation

5.9

4.9

6.0

5.5

Proportion of patients who satisfy with the treatment outcome (%)

Baseline

94.7

92.1

93.1

93.2

Final evaluation

96.8

96.1

98.4

96.9

Proportion of patients who satisfy with the reimbursement rate (%)

Baseline

86.2

86.9

88.3

87.0

Final evaluation

90.9

89.5

89.0

89.9

Proportion of patients who satisfy with the reimbursement process (%)

Baseline

93.1

90.5

92.3

91.8

Final evaluation

93.3

90.6

93.3

92.3

Proportion of patients who satisfy with doctor’s attitude (%)

Baseline

96.1

96.6

99.0

97.1

Final evaluation

99.1

98.2

99.2

98.8

Proportion of patients who satisfy with nurse’s attitude (%)

Baseline

96.9

97.3

99.0

97.6

Final evaluation

99.1

97.8

98.4

98.4