This study aimed to assess, according to patients' perception, the performance of the Health Services responsible for tuberculosis (TB) control, concerning the dimensions family focus and community orientation. A cross-sectional evaluative research was carried out with 108 TB patients. A questionnaire de...
This study aims to review plans for tuberculosis control through the analysis of measures for tuberculosis contact tracing in Brazil from 1984 to 2004. This article presents a literature review on tuberculosis control published in manuals of the Ministry of Health and the State Department of Health of Sa...
The study had the objective to analyze the performance of the health services that implement the Directly Observed Therapy at home for tuberculosis control. This study analyzed four Tuberculosis Control Programs, referred to as A, B, C, and D, using the following indicators: Resource use; Performance qui...
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...
El trabajo presenta un panorama general de la situación de salud del Perú en las últimas décadas, realizando una breve evolución histórica de la salud, destacando los cambios que acontecieron como consecuencia de las transformaciones socio-económicas y polÃticas que repercutieron sobre la salud d...
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...