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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Dec 15.
Published in final edited form as: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2018 Dec 15;79(5):605–611. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000001862

Table 2.

Indicator Definitions

Indicators Definition
1 Proportion of TB and HIV co-infected patients started on ART Numerator: Number of TB patients who have a positive HIV test result, excluding transfer-ins and transfer-outs who had an ART number recorded in the NLTP Unit Register at a date later than TB treatment initiation.
Denominator: Number of TB patients who have a positive HIV test result who were not started on ART prior to TB treatment initiation, excluding transfer-ins and transfer-outs.

2 Proportion of TB and HIV co-infected patients who were cured or completed TB treatment (out of all those with a treatment outcome recorded) Numerator: Number recorded as either cured or completed TB treatment, excluding transfer-ins and transfer-outs
Denominator: Number of TB patients who have a positive HIV test result and treatment outcome recorded (cured or completed, died, lost to follow-up, or treatment failure), excluding transfer-ins and transfer-outs.

3 Proportion of TB and HIV co-infected patients who died during TB Treatment (out of all those with a treatment outcome recorded) Numerator: Number recorded as died during TB treatment, irrespective of cause, excluding transfer-ins and transfer-outs
Denominator: Number of TB patients who have a positive HIV test result and treatment outcome recorded (cured or completed, died, lost to follow-up, or treatment failure), excluding transfer-ins and transfer-outs

4 Proportion of TB/HIV patients who were lost to follow-up during TB treatment Numerator: Number recorded as lost to follow-up during TB treatment, excluding transfer-ins and transfer-outs
Denominator: Number of TB patients who have a positive HIV test result and treatment outcome recorded (cured or completed, died, lost to follow-up, or treatment failure), excluding transfer-ins and transfer-outs

5 Proportion of TB/HIV patients who had TB treatment failure Numerator: Number recorded as experiencing TB treatment failure during TB treatment, excluding transfer-ins and transfer-outs
Denominator: Number of TB patients who have a positive HIV test result and treatment outcome recorded (cured or completed, died, lost to follow-up, or treatment failure), excluding transfer-ins and transfer-outs