Based on data available in the Information System for Notifiable Diseases, predictive factors of favorable results were identified in the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis, diagnosed between 2001 and 2004 and living in Recife-PE, Brazil. Uni- and multivariate logistic regression methods were used. In m...
Este estudo objetivou analisar o envolvimento de equipes da Atenção Básica à Saúde nas ações de controle da tuberculose, ante a percepção dos coordenadores do Programa de Controle da Tuberculose de nove municÃpios prioritários do Estado de São Paulo. Trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa, cujo...
This integrative literature review aimed to survey Brazilian and international publications related to factors predicting unfavorable results in tuberculosis treatment. Consulting LILACS, MEDLINE, PORTAL CAPES, operational and epidemiological articles published between 2001 and 2005 were surveyed. The ar...
This descriptive study aimed to describe Tuberculosis-related mortality in Brazil between 1980 and 2001, through time series analysis of data from the DATASUS related to cases in which Tuberculosis was the basic cause of death. The mortality rates were calculated per 100,000 inhabitants according to gend...
The map's usage and the concerns about geographic distribution related with diseases are not a recent issue. A classical example is the John Snow survey -maps were used to locate cholera's cases and related them with the water supplying. The spatial representation techniques are fewer used in health sect...
Case Management is a term that is present in almost every American health care situation. It is mostly used to coordinate community services with satisfactory results for the patient within a certain period of time, with limited resources. Through time, it has been used for different purposes. The goal o...
El estudio presenta la gerencia de caso como una modalidad de prestación de servicios que surgió en los ambientes de salud americanos y que consiste en la designación de un profesional o equipo de salud responsable por la atención del paciente, durante todo el proceso clÃnico, coordinando la atenciÃ...
Trata-se de um artigo de revisão e tem como objetivo apresentar uma nova modalidade de prestacão de servico de saúde conhecido como gerenciamento de caso. Nessa modalidade, destacam-se aspectos básicos, tais como: metodologia de atencão; histórico; objetivos; locais e áreas de prática. Considera-...