title: [An analysis of the care for a tubercular patient. Problem detection].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Hospital General del INSALUD, Soria.
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Gros Bañeres
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bertol Alegre
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Campos Bueno
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Carretero Gracia
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Alonso Alvarez
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fernández García
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents