Table 1.

Method of calculating the health care index (HCI) score

Podlekareva et al. 2013 [13]		Survey (reported)		Baseline (actual)
Criteria	Score	Criteria	Score	Criteria	Score
Performance of DST for M. tuberculosis	1	DST routinely performed	1	Had a resistance result at baseline (within 1 month of the TB diagnosis date)	1
Inclusion of rifamycin (R), isoniazid (H) and pyrazinamide (Z) in the initial anti-tuberculosis treatment regimen	2	Standard initial anti-TB treatment for HIV/TB-coinfected patients contains RHZE	2	Initial treatment (drugs started on the first date of starting treatment) contained at least RHZE	2
Initiation of cART (a combination of at least three antiretroviral drugs from any class) before or up to 1 month after TB diagnosis	2	Start as soon as possible and within 2 months after TB diagnosis irrespective of CD4 count	2	cART (3 or more antiretroviral drugs from any class) was initiated before or up to 2 months after the TB diagnosis date	2

CI: DST, drug susceptibility testing; cART, combination antiretroviral therapy; TB, tuberculosis.