Effect of the Brazilian Conditional Cash Transfer and Primary Health Care Programs on the New Case Detection Rate of Leprosy

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Nery, Joilda Silva ^a   Pereira, Susan Martins ^a   Rasella, Davide ^a   Penna, Maria Lúcia Fernandes ^b   Aquino, Rosana ^a   Rodrigues, Laura Cunha ^c   Barreto, Mauricio Lima ^a   Penna, Gerson Oliveira ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BRAZILIAN; CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFER; DEMOGRAPHY; DOSE RESPONSE; ECOLOGY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LEPROSY; MONEY; MORBIDITY; POLICY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNEMPLOYMENT; URBANIZATION; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; POVERTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; REIMBURSEMENT;

BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; LEPROSY; POVERTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE;

EID: 84920396024     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003357     Document Type: Article

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