Challenges in the care of patients with Chagas disease in the Brazilian public health system: A qualitative study with primary health care doctors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Care to patients with Chagas disease (CD) is still a challenge for health systems in endemic and non-endemic countries. In the Brazilian public health system, the expansion of Primary Health Care (PHC) services to remote and disadvantaged areas has facilitated the access of patients with CD to medical care, however this is in a context where care gaps remain, with insufficient public funding and inadequate distribution of services. Considering the need for studies on care to patients with CD in different settings, this study explored the challenges of family doctors to provide care to patients with CD in an endemic region in Brazil with high coverage of public PHC services.

Methods and findings

This is a qualitative study. A focus group with 15 family doctors was

SUBMITTER: Damasceno RF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7676681 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature