Use of alternative care sites during the COVID-19 pandemic in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Objectives: In large cities, where a large proportion of the population live in poverty and overcrowding, orders to stay home to comply with isolation requirements are difficult to fulfil. In this article, the use of alternative care sites (ACSs) for the isolation of patients with confirmed COVID-19 or persons under investigation (PUI) in the City of Buenos Aires during the first wave of COVID-19 are described.

Study Design: This is a cross-sectional study.

Evaluation of the first level of care for tuberculosis control in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Objective: Evaluate primary health care functions from the perspective of patients with tuberculosis from slums in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Methods: Cross-sectional observational study with adult patients with tuberculosis (TB) and without TB (NoTB), living in slums (S) and outside them (NoS). Participants' perceptions were evaluated using the Primary Care Assessment Tool for users (abbreviated version), which measures four main domains (first contact, ongoing care, coordination with specialists, and comprehensiveness) and selected secondary domains.

COVID-19 among the inhabitants of the slums in the city of Buenos Aires: a population-based study.

Objective: To summarise the unfolding of the COVID-19 epidemic among slum dwellers and different social strata in the city of Buenos Aires during the first 20 weeks after the first reported case.

Design: Observational study using a time-series analysis. Natural experiment in a big city.

[Evaluation of the first level of care for tuberculosis control in Buenos Aires, ArgentinaAvaliação da atenção primária à saúde no controle da tuberculose em Buenos Aires, Argentina].

Objectives: Evaluate primary health care functions from the perspective of patients with tuberculosis from slums in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Methods: Cross-sectional observational study with adult patients with tuberculosis (TB) and without TB (NoTB), living in slums (S) and outside them (NoS). Participants' perceptions were evaluated using the Primary Care Assessment Tool for users (abbreviated version), which measures four main domains (first contact, ongoing care, coordination with specialists, and comprehensiveness) and selected secondary domains.