The impact of a cash transfer programme on tuberculosis treatment success rate: a quasi-experimental study in Brazil.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Evidence suggests that social protection policies such as Brazil's Bolsa Família Programme (BFP), a governmental conditional cash transfer, may play a role in tuberculosis (TB) elimination. However, study limitations hamper conclusions. This paper uses a quasi-experimental approach to more rigorously evaluate the effect of BFP on TB treatment success rate.

Methods

Propensity scores were estimated from a complete-case logistic regression using covariates from a linked data set, including the Brazil's TB notification system (SINAN), linked to the national registry of those in poverty (CadUnico) and the BFP payroll.

Results

The average effect of treatment on the treated was estimated as the difference in TB treatment success rate between matched groups (ie, th

SUBMITTER: J Carter D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6347926 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature