Tuberculosis in Brazil and cash transfer programs: A longitudinal database study of the effect of cash transfer on cure rates.

Barbara Dos Reis SantosPriya SheteAdelmo BertoldeCarolina M SalesMauro N SanchezDenise Arakaki-SanchezKleydson B AndradeM Gabriela M GomesDelia BocciaChristian LienhardtEthel L Maciel

Published in: PloS one (2019)

Our study suggests that, in Brazil, the effect of cash transfer on the outcome of TB treatment may be achieved by the indirect effect of other determinants. Also, these results suggest the direct effect of being beneficiary of cash transfer on improving TB cure rates.

Keyphrases

mycobacterium tuberculosis
public health
emergency department
hepatitis c virus
hiv infected
human immunodeficiency virus
replacement therapy