Assessing the quality of tuberculosis care using routine surveillance data: a process evaluation employing the Zero TB Indicator Framework in Mongolia.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate the feasibility of the Zero TB Indicator Framework as a tool for assessing the quality of tuberculosis (TB) case-finding, treatment and prevention services in Mongolia.

Setting

Primary health centres, TB dispensaries, and surrounding communities in four districts of Mongolia.

Design

Three retrospective cross-sectional cohort studies, and two longitudinal studies each individually nested in one of the cohort studies.

Participants

15 947 community members from high TB-risk populations; 8518 patients screened for TB in primary health centres and referred to dispensaries; 857 patients with index TB and 2352 household contacts.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

14 indicators of the quality of TB care defined by the Zero TB Indicato

SUBMITTER: Saranjav A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9386240 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature