Impact of a Reference Center on Leprosy Control under a Decentralized Public Health Care Policy in Brazil.

• Príomhchruthaitheoirí: Raquel Rodrigues Barbieri (Údar), Anna Maria Sales (Údar), Mariana Andrea Hacker (Údar), José Augusto da Costa Nery (Údar), Nádia Cristina Duppre (Údar), Alice de Miranda Machado (Údar), Milton Ozório Moraes (Údar), Euzenir Nunes Sarno (Údar)
• Formáid: LEABHAR
• Foilsithe / Cruthaithe: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Ábhair: article
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OBJECTIVE:We evaluated the profile of patients referred to the Fiocruz Outpatient Clinic, a reference center for the diagnosis and treatment of leprosy in Rio de Janeiro, RJ, and analyzed the origins and outcomes of these referrals. METHODS:This is an observational retrospective study based on infor...