Abstract: Objective To analyze the factors affecting the arrival of reported pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) patients reported by internet-based infectious disease reporting system to TB institutions after referral, and provide scientific basis for targeted measures in improving the referral in place rate.  Methods This is a case-control design. Patients referral in Apr.2010 were investigated by questionnaire, SPSS 13.0 software is used for statistical analysis.Results A total of 165 cases were investigated, of which 81 cases in non-arrival group, and 84 cases in arrival group. In non-arrival group, only 42.0% of patients were informed of the TB free policy by the doctors which is significantly lower than arrival group（57.1%）(P<0.05). Eighty-one point five percentof patients felt the transportation was inconvenient in non-arrival group, this is significantly higher than that in arrival group （61.9%）(P<0.05). There is a synergistic effect for free policy awareness and inconvenient transportation. Conclusions The major factors affecting the arrival in place were the awareness of the national TB free policy and inconvenient transportation.

Key words: tuberculosis,pulmonary, patient tranfter, Shenzhen city