Measure Source

American Thoracic Society/CDC treatment guidelines.

Tables

78 Tuberculosis patients who complete a curative course of treatment within 12 months of initiation of treatment, United States, 2000, by

• Race
• Ethnicity
• Race, foreign born
• Ethnicity, foreign born

Data Source

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National TB Surveillance System.

Denominator

U.S. resident population with verified tuberculosis.

Numerator

Tuberculosis cases completing therapy within one year.

Comments

See American Thoracic Society/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/ Infectious Diseases Society of America: Treatment of Tuberculosis, Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 2003, vol. 167 pp. 603-662 for further information regarding current tuberculosis treatment guidelines.

See Appendix A of CDC publication Reported Tuberculosis in the United States, 2000 for a discussion of completion of TB therapy.