Abstract: Objective For evaluation of implementation of transferring case-management system in health administrative departments,tuberculosis control facilties and general hospitals.Methods To check all provincial health administrative departments,tuberculosis control units and general hospitals for implementing the transferring case-management since 1997.Results Health administrative departments applied law regulations and regular documents to intervene in the transferring case-management system.In 1998,among new registration smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis cases from tuberculosis control units,42.2% was from general hospitals transferring diagnosis.New smear positive transferring diagnosis rate was 47.4%,and retreatment smear positive rate was 28.6%.Transferring diagnosis rate of general hospital and town hospital were 60.4% and 79.6%,respectively.Conclusion The implementing transferring case-management system,adopting administrative intervention measures,transferring diagnosis timely as well as reporting detected tuberculosis cases in general hospitals,registering timely from reported tuberculosis cases in tuberculosis control units are very important factors to raise detection rate for tuberculosis cases.

Key words: Tuberculosis, pulmonary/Prevention and control