Table 2– Quality of reporting checklist.

Quality level	Assessment
Setting and population
High quality (***)	Adequate description of Population demographics: at least age and sex Population TB: new/re-treatment, type of TB and smear positive/negative Setting: where did the patients come from, e.g. private or public hospital, evaluation of TB control programme Time period of data collection Sample size TB diagnosis
Moderate quality (**)	Adequate description of population, setting, time period of data collection and sample size, but no information on TB diagnosis
Low quality (*)	No information on population, setting, time period of data collection and sample size
TB treatment regimens
High (***)	All observed treatment regimens are reported, separately for new and re-treatment cases, for PTB and EPTB and smear-positive and smear-negative cases
Moderate (**)	Treatment regimens are partly or fully specified, but information is missing. Assumptions are necessary for assessment of inappropriateness and/or assessment is imprecise (e.g. >10%)
Low quality (*)	Treatment regimens are not specified in sufficient detail, but authors make a statement

TB: tuberculosis; PTB: pulmonary TB; EPTB: extra-pulmonary TB.