Composite indicator: new tool for monitoring RNTCP performance in India

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• Alternative Title:
  Int J Tuberc Lung Dis
• Personal Author:
  Bansal, A. K. ; Kulshrestha, N. ; Nagaraja, S. B. ; Rade, K. ; Choudhary, A. ; Parmar, M. ; Nair, S. A. ; Dewan, P. K. ; Yadav, R. ; Moonan, P. K. ; Kumar, A.
• Description:
  India's Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP) used the international benchmarks of 70% case detection rate and 85% treatment success rate among new smear-positive tuberculosis (TB) cases for assessing programme performance. This approach overemphasises outcomes and focuses on quantitative benchmarks without sufficient regard to developing systems to monitor appropriate programme practice to achieve a minimum standard of TB care services. The RNTCP has developed a novel composite indicator tool based on a logical framework pathway to move beyond narrow-focused outcome indicators such as case detection to encourage a broad-based analysis of programme implementation. The constituent indicators are from routinely monitored information, spanning input, process, output and outcome indicators across various thematic categories of the RNTCP.
• Subjects:
  Antitubercular Agents Article Benchmarking Humans National Health Programs Program Development Program Evaluation Quality Indicators, Health Care Sputum Tuberculosis
• Source:
  Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 18(7):840-842
• Pubmed ID:
  24902562
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4594868
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  001/World Health Organization/International ; CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  India
• Volume:
  18
• Issue:
  7
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:b5b2be7f019024a636172ba0384cc9681c35144d814999a3a82242eef0a8af9c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/34764/cdc_34764_DS1.pdf
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