Table 1 Definition of the indicators
From: Effects and determinants of tuberculosis drug stockouts in South Africa
Indicator | Definition |
|---|---|
TB stockout proportion | Annual proportion of primary health care facilities reporting at least one TB drug stockout. Facilities report a stockout when any of the TB drugs are out of stock. Length of stockout duration is not reported. The numerator of this proportion is all facilities that reported a stockout. The denominator is the number of reporting facilities. |
TB cure rate | Percentage of new smear-positive TB patients who were smear negative in the last month of their treatment, and at least one time before. |
TB success rate | Percentage of all TB patients on treatment (smear positive, smear negative, extra-pulmonary patients) who were cured (smear negative) or completed treatment (not cured, but finished treatment). |
TB death rate | Percentage of all TB patients on treatment who died |
TB incidence | Number of TB patients on treatment per 100,000 inhabitants |
TB/HIV coinfection | Percentage of TB patients on treatment who are infected with HIV |
Expenditure/visit | Provincial and local government expenditure in South African Rand on primary health care per visit for the non-privately insured population |
District income | Average income in South African Rand per capita in a district |
Urban | Proportion of people in a district who live in a city |