Measure Source

American Thoracic Society/CDC treatment guidelines.

Tables

106 Tuberculosis patients who complete a curative course of treatment within 12 months of initiation of treatment, United States, 2001, 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 1 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.