01844nas a2200313   4500000000100000008004100001260003700042653002200079100001600101700001300117700001500130700001400145700001400159700001300173700001500186700001600201700001500217700001600232700001500248700001400263700001700277700001600294245014100310856009800451300001300549490000700562520094700569022001401516       2023                            d  bPublic Library of Science (PLoS)10amultidisciplinary1 aFalcão IWS1 aSouza DS1 aCardoso DL1 aCosta FAR1 aLeite KTF1 ade M. HD1 aSalgado CG1 ada Silva MB1 aBarreto JG1 ada Costa PF1 aSantos AMD1 aConde GAB1 aSeruffo MCDR1 aCavallaro F00aA study about management of drugs for leprosy patients under medical monitoring: A solution based on AHP-Electre decision-making methods  uhttps://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0276508&type=printable  ae02765080 v183 a<p>Leprosy, also known as Hansen’s, is one of the listed neglected tropical diseases as a major health problem global. Treatment is one of the main alternatives, however, the scarcity of medication and its poor distribution are important factors that have driven the spread of the disease, leading to irreversible and multi-resistant complications. This paper uses a distribution methodology to optimize medication administration, taking into account the most relevant attributes for the epidemiological profile of patients and the deficit in treatment via Polychemotherapy. Multi-criteria Decision Methods were applied based on AHP-Electre model in a database with information from patients in the state of Para between 2015 and 2020. The results pointed out that 84% of individuals did not receive any treatment and, among these, the method obtained a gain in the distribution of 68% in patients with positive diagnosis for leprosy.</p>
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