Effect of inpatient and outpatient care on treatment outcome in tuberculosis

A cohort study

Bibliographic Data

ID14966770
AuthorsMilena Socorro Rocha (0000-0003-2358-0848, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, corresponding author), Marli S Rocha (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.), Gisele Pinto De Oliveira (0000-0003-0689-5055, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro), Valéria Saraceni (0000-0001-7360-6490, Secretariat of Health, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.), Fernanda P Aguiar (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.), Fernanda Aguiar (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro), Claudia Medina Coeli (0000-0003-1757-3940, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro), Rômulo Sampaio Pinheiro (0000-0002-3361-3626, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro), Rejane S Pinheiro (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.)
Year2018
Volume42
Pagese112-e112
Publication date2018-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRevista Panamericana de Salud Pública (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1020-4989 • E-ISSN: 1680-5348
PublisherPan American Health Organization (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.26633/rpsp.2018.112
PMID31093140
OpenAlexW2889082584
LanguageEN
References cited6

Advanced age, previous treatment for TB, and treatment at a secondary-level outpatient facility or a hospital with emergency services on site were associated with mortality in TB patients. Better strategies to improve TB care delivered at health units are needed to prevent death from TB, especially among the elderly

Cohort · Health care · Tuberculosis · Chronic Disease Management Strategies · Medicine · Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment · Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology · Emergency Medicine · Gerontology · Internal Medicine · Pediatrics