An investigation was made to characterize the tuberculosis patients discharged from
the health centers in Chun Chon City and Chun Sung Gun. For this purpose, 1,042
patients were randomly selected out of 3,907 Patients discharged from the health centers
during 1969 through 1973. Among these, 340 (34.5%) were interviewed by health
workers and nursing students from July to September 1975. From the patient
registration cards, it was found out that 69.5% of the patients were discharged
prematurely before completing treatment and only 30.5% of the patients were discherged
after having completed treatment. Breakdown of the reasons for premature discharge
was movies of residence (13.2%) death(5.9%), treatment at other clinics(4.4%), refused of
treatment (2.5%), and unidentified reasons (43.5%). The reasons of premature discharge
among interviewed patients were busy work, unkind attitude of the health workers, and
idleness of patients.
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