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Completeness of tuberculosis reporting forms in five Brazilian capitals with a high incidence of the disease * Study carried out under the auspices of the Graduate Program in Medicine and Health, Bahia School of Medicine and Public Health, and in the Advanced Laboratory of Public Health, Gonçalo Moniz Research Center, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation-Bahia, Salvador, Brazil.

Completude das fichas de notificações de tuberculose em cinco capitais do Brasil com elevada incidência da doença

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.

Tuberculosis; Public health surveillance; Disease notification


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