[An analysis of the care for a tubercular patient. Problem detection].
OBJECTIVE
Make a epidemiological and descriptive analysis of the tuberculosis patients care, researching problems which may be the etiology of the increase of illness.


METHODS
Descriptive observing retrospective study.


METHODS
Soria County.


METHODS
186 cases with positive Mycobacterium tuberculosis culture, since January 1, 1983 until December 31, 1993.


RESULTS
The 65.4% of patients were hospitalized to make the diagnostic and/or to begin treatment. We found delayed diagnostics much as 5.5 years. The mean was 120.9 +/- 244.7 days until the diagnostic was performed, 1991 y 1992 were the highest delayed time to diagnostic years of the study. The diagnostic and control of the 99.5% of patients was done at hospital. Only a 64% of patients could be considered as healthy at the onset of his control.


CONCLUSIONS
Most of physicians consider the tuberculosis as a hospital illness, so there are delayed diagnostic and therapeutics and worse control of evolution, therapy compliance and contacts study.
Gros Bañeres
M B
MB
Hospital General del INSALUD, Soria.
Bertol Alegre
V
V
Campos Bueno
A
A
Carretero Gracia
J A
JA
Alonso Alvarez
M P
MP
Fernández García
M
M
D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008485:Medical Audit / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013030:Spain; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
D000995:Antitubercular Agents