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Completeness of tuberculosis reporting forms in five Brazilian capitals with a high incidence of the disease

2013; Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia; Volume: 39; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s1806-37132013000200014

ISSN

1806-3756

Autores

Normeide Pedreira dos Santos, Monique Lírio, Louran Andrade Reis Passos, Juarez Pereira Dias, Afrânio Lineu Kritski, Bernardo Galvão–Castro, Maria Fernanda Rios Grassi,

Tópico(s)

Global Maternal and Child Health

Resumo

The aim of this study was to evaluate the completeness of tuberculosis reporting forms in the greater metropolitan areas of five Brazilian capitals where the incidence of tuberculosis was high in 2010-Salvador, Rio de Janeiro, Cuiabá, Porto Alegre, and Belém-using tabulations obtained from the Sistema Nacional de Informação de Agravos de Notificação (National Case Registry Database). The degree of completeness was highest in Porto Alegre and Cuiabá, whereas it was lowest in Rio de Janeiro, where there are more reported cases of tuberculosis than in any other Brazilian capital. A low degree of completeness of these forms can affect the quality of the Brazilian National Tuberculosis Control Program, which will have negative consequences for health care and decision-making processes.

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