Feasibility of a multifaceted intervention to improve treatment initiation among patients diagnosed with TB using Xpert MTB/RIF testing in Uganda.

The increase in the proportion of patients initiated on TB treatment within two weeks of diagnosis was also higher among patients who lived >5 kms from the health facility than among those who lived ≤5 kms from health facilities (≤5 kms: 58.4% to 85.2%, difference 26.8% versus > 5km: 75.2% to 89.9%, difference 14.7%), however the difference did not reach statistical significance (p-value 0.46) ( Fig 1 ).

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