Cost of visceral leishmaniasis care in Brazil

ConclusionsVL represents an expensive health problem for the Brazilian public health system and society, mainly because of its productivity loss due to premature mortality. Interventions to reduce of VL lethality could have a great impact on decreasing the cost of illness.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

Source: Tropical Medicine and International Health - October 1, 2017 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Isis Polianna Silva Ferreira de Carvalho, Henry Maia Peixoto, Gustavo Adolfo Sierra Romero, Maria Regina Fernandes de Oliveira Tags: Original Article Source Type: research