OBJECTIVE: Tuberculosis is one the greatest causes of mortality worldwide, but its economic effects are not well known. This study had the objective of estimating the costs to the public and private healthcare systems and to families of tuberculosis treatment and prevention. METHODS: This study was made in the municipality of Salvador, State of Bahia, Brazil, in 1999. Data for estimating the costs to the healthcare system were collected from the Department of Health, healthcare facilities and a philanthropic institution. The public and private costs were analyzed using cost accounting methodology. Cost data relating to families were collected by means of questionnaires, and included data on transportation, food and other expenses, and also ...
Tuberculosis is a disease of great impact on the world context today. In Brazil, the disease managem...
Objetivo: caracterizar as diferenças do perfil clínico e epidemiológico dos casos de óbitos que tive...
OBJECTIVE: To estimate costs of hospitalization and years of potential life lost associated with lep...
Objective: Most studies of tuberculosis originate from high-income countries with a low incidence of...
Objective: Most studies of tuberculosis originate from high-income countries with a low incidence of...
Pulmonary tuberculosis still remains a serious public health problem in Brazil. The National Tubercu...
Since the beginning of the seventies of the last century, several authors have pointed to tuberculos...
Since the beginning of the seventies of the last century, several authors have pointed to tuberculos...
OBJECTIVE: To profile adult patients dying of tuberculosis in the city of São Paulo with respect to ...
Tuberculosis is an infectious disease whose causative agent is Mycobacterium tuberculosis, it can in...
OBJECTIVE: To assess the access to tuberculosis treatment in healthcare services with Programa Saúde...
OBJECTIVE: The evaluation of quality and equity in healthcare attendance requires adequate study met...
The purpose of this study was to describe the cases of hospital admissions and the financial impact ...
OBJECTIVE: To analyze underreporting of deaths and hospital admissions from tuberculosis to the Info...
Backgound and Objectives: Mortality from infectious diseases has declined; however, it remains a cha...
Tuberculosis is a disease of great impact on the world context today. In Brazil, the disease managem...
Objetivo: caracterizar as diferenças do perfil clínico e epidemiológico dos casos de óbitos que tive...
OBJECTIVE: To estimate costs of hospitalization and years of potential life lost associated with lep...
Objective: Most studies of tuberculosis originate from high-income countries with a low incidence of...
Objective: Most studies of tuberculosis originate from high-income countries with a low incidence of...
Pulmonary tuberculosis still remains a serious public health problem in Brazil. The National Tubercu...
Since the beginning of the seventies of the last century, several authors have pointed to tuberculos...
Since the beginning of the seventies of the last century, several authors have pointed to tuberculos...
OBJECTIVE: To profile adult patients dying of tuberculosis in the city of São Paulo with respect to ...
Tuberculosis is an infectious disease whose causative agent is Mycobacterium tuberculosis, it can in...
OBJECTIVE: To assess the access to tuberculosis treatment in healthcare services with Programa Saúde...
OBJECTIVE: The evaluation of quality and equity in healthcare attendance requires adequate study met...
The purpose of this study was to describe the cases of hospital admissions and the financial impact ...
OBJECTIVE: To analyze underreporting of deaths and hospital admissions from tuberculosis to the Info...
Backgound and Objectives: Mortality from infectious diseases has declined; however, it remains a cha...
Tuberculosis is a disease of great impact on the world context today. In Brazil, the disease managem...
Objetivo: caracterizar as diferenças do perfil clínico e epidemiológico dos casos de óbitos que tive...
OBJECTIVE: To estimate costs of hospitalization and years of potential life lost associated with lep...