Private Sector Tuberculosis Patient Characteristics in India, 2023

Demographic, behavioral, and clinical characteristics of people with tuberculosis (PwTB) notified from the private sector in Indian districts with and without Patient Provider Support Agency (PPSA) coverage during 2023. The dataset is a 9.5 KB Excel file authored by Sandhya Gupta and shared under a CC-BY-4.0 license on figshare. It was last updated in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Compare patient demographics between districts with and without PPSA support based on the described characteristics.
• Analyze clinical characteristics of privately-notified tuberculosis cases based on the description.
• Study behavioral factors associated with tuberculosis notification in the private sector based on the described data.
• Assess the potential impact of support agency (PPSA) coverage on patient profiles based on the comparative district data.

Strengths

• Data has a specific temporal coverage for the year 2023.
• Dataset is shared under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.
• File size of 9.5 KB suggests a focused, manageable dataset.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Sandhya Gupta.

Collection Method

Likely contains administrative notification data from the private healthcare sector.

Time Range

January to December 2023.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-08 17:46:20; freshness should be verified.

Geography

India, specifically districts with and without Patient Provider Support Agency (PPSA).