National survey of the 203 TB specific hospitals in China from 1999 to 2009
| 1999 | 2004 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | |
| Testing capacity and workload | |||||
| Smear | |||||
| TB specific hospitals with testing capacity | 165 (81) | 177 (87) | 198 (98) | ||
| Overall test volume | 644 217 | 973 673 | 1 710 841 | ||
| Tests per tuberculosis-specific hospitals | 3904 | 5501 | 8641 | ||
| Solid culture | |||||
| TB specific hospitals with testing capacity | 95 (47) | 102 (50) | 128 (63) | ||
| Overall test volume | 57 236 | 73 934 | 161 127 | ||
| Tests per tuberculosis-specific hospitals | 602 | 725 | 1259 | ||
| Liquid culture | |||||
| TB specific hospitals with testing capacity | 20 (10) | 44 (22) | 62 (31) | ||
| Overall test volume | 27 120 | 50 464 | 114 349 | ||
| Tests per tuberculosis-specific hospitals | 1356 | 1147 | 1844 | ||
| Drug susceptibility test | |||||
| TB specific hospitals with testing capacity | 84 (41) | 103 (51) | 125 (62) | ||
| Overall test volume | 14 885 | 23 764 | 53 518 | ||
| Tests per tuberculosis-specific hospitals | 177 | 231 | 428 | ||
| Average lab technicians per TB-specific hospital | |||||
| Central | 6.2 | ||||
| Eastern | 6.3 | ||||
| Western | 7.8 | ||||
| MDR | |||||
| TB patients tested for DST | 30 211 | 36 670 | 49 270 | ||
| Drug-resistant TB patients# | 10 229 | 12 782 | 16 674 | ||
| MDR-TB patients diagnosed | 5366 | 6816 | 8769 | ||
Data are presented as n (%) or n. TB: tuberculosis; MDR-TB: multi-drug resistant TB. #The number of drug-resistant TB cases include that of MDR-TB cases.