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Table 2 Favourable treatment outcomes stratified by EMM status at the county level quarterly in 138 counties

From: Effect of using electronic medication monitors on tuberculosis treatment outcomes in China: a longitudinal ecological study

Time

EMM countiesa

Non-EMM counties

Number of counties

Favourable treatment outcomeb N (%)

Number of counties

Favourable treatment outcomeb N (%)

2017 Q2

0

-

138

8255/8731 (94.5)

2017 Q3

0

-

138

7599/8041 (94.5)

2017 Q4

0

-

138

6873/7289 (94.3)

2018 Q1

0

-

138

6616/7036 (94.0)

2018 Q2

33

1451/1565 (92.7)

105

6854/7320 (93.6)

2018 Q3

89

4612/4934 (93.3)

49

2788/2938 (94.9)

2018 Q4

129

6064/6427 (94.4)

9

467/496 (94.2)

2019 Q1

138

6702/7104 (94.3)

0

-

2019 Q2

138

7388/7788 (94.9)

0

-

  1. Line percentages
  2. EMM Electronic medication monitor, Q Quarter
  3. aAt least one patient used EMM in the county within one quarter
  4. bFavourable treatment outcomes defined as the sum of cured and treatment completed
  5. EMM implementation began in June 2018, and then was scaled up using a stepwise approach in the three provinces. Finally, all the 138 counties started to implement EMM in Jan 2019