Construction of a logical model of the line of care for people with chronic kidney disease.

Objective: To build and validate a logical model of the line of care for people with chronic kidney disease.

Methods: This is a descriptive study with a qualitative approach, with documentary research and analysis of primary data collected in interviews with key informants, carried out from May to September 2019, in the Guarani Aquifer Health Region, belonging to the Regional Health Department 13. Based on the theoretical framework proposed by McLaughlin and Jordan, five stages were followed: collection of relevant information; description of the problem and context; defining the elements of the logical model; construction and validation.

Death in patients with tuberculosis and diabetes: Associated factors.

Aims: Identify factors associated with death in patients with tuberculosis and diabetes.

Method: The descriptive - analytic epidemiologic study using secondary data of tuberculosis cases reported in TBWEB from 1996 to 2014 is used. The profile analysis of the variables in relation to death controlled by the cure of the patients was performed by the software R, the independent variables that could be associated with the dependent variable in a 20% significance level, using the chi-square test.