Noncompliance with tuberculosis treatment by patients at a tuberculosis and AIDS reference hospital in midwestern Brazil.

Introduction: In developing countries, there is little information about the risk factors that predict noncompliance with tuberculosis (TB) treatment in hospitals.

Objective: This study analyzes possible factors associated with noncompliance with TB treatment among patients treated at HAA.

Design: A retrospective cohort study was made including all patients who initiated TB treatment at HAA, from January to December 1998.