A district health manager is evaluating a tuberculosis control program. She compares the number of patients who completed treatment against the total number of patients who were diagnosed and registered. This measurement best represents which of the following concepts?
- A Incidence rate
- B Treatment success rate ✓
- C Cure rate
- D Default rate
Correct answer: B. Treatment success rate
Explanation
Treatment success rate is the proportion of TB patients who completed treatment (with or without bacteriological evidence of success) out of all registered patients. Cure rate requires a negative sputum smear at the end of treatment. Default rate refers to treatment interruption. The scenario describes all registered patients as the denominator, which matches the treatment success rate definition used in WHO and RNTCP reporting.
Reference: Park's Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine, 26th ed.
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