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. 2023 Mar 11;8(3):165. doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed8030165

Table 1.

Selected indicator definitions.

Indicators Definitions
Outpatient department (OPD) visits Visits consulted at the outpatient department in facilities excludes patients for antenatal care visit, deliveries, postnatal care visit, tuberculosis, anteretroviral therapy, pediatrics (under 5), HIV testing, and other clients not seen for acute or chronic illness.
Presumed TB cases A patient who presents with symptoms or signs suggestive of TB.
Diagnosed TB cases Any bacteriologically confirmed or clinically diagnosed case of TB.
Cases of TB/HIV co-infection Any person with a bacteriologically confirmed or clinically diagnosed case of TB who has a positive result from HIV testing conducted at the time of TB diagnosis or other documented evidence of enrolment in HIV care.
Percentage of patients with successful TB treatment outcomes The number of TB patients who successfully completed TB treatment or were cured of TB disease out of the number of TB patients who started treatment.
Percentage of TB patients who died during treatment The number of TB patients who died for any reason during the course of TB treatment out of these patients who started treatment.
Percentage of TB patients with unknown treatment outcomes The number of TB patients for whom no treatment outcome was assigned out of the patients who started TB treatment. This includes cases transferred out to another treatment unit as well as cases for whom the treatment outcome is unknown to the reporting unit.