A high proportion of patients who leave Russian prisons without a known treatment outcome (from 26 to 32%) re-duces the rate of successful treatment. Some patients who started treatment in prison do not continue it in the pub-lic health system after release. Objective. Using a repre-sentative sample of TB-infected inmates, study the need for social support measures that would motivate them to continue treatment. Materials and methods. One stage anonymous sociological study of 453 TB-infected in-mates in 40 regions of the Russian Federation, with fixed answer options that allow for multiple choices. Results. The need for one-time cash support was 63.4%; 95% con-fidence interval (CI) 58.8–67.7, ie from 4 to 5 thousand patients annually; assistance with housing — 32.7%; 95% CI 28.5-37.1, ie from 2 to 2.5 thousand; employment — 30.9%; 95% CI 26.8–35.3, ie from 2 to 2.5 thousand; regu-lar food packages — 27.9%; 95% CI 21.2–29.1, ie from 1.5 to 2 thousand; reissuance of documents — 21.0%; 95% CI 17.5–25.0, ie from 1.3 to 1.8 thousand. Conclusion. There is a need for legislative justification for the establishment of social rehabilitation centers, coordination of their joint activities with the tuberculosis program. The programs for the provision of social support to patients with tubercu-losis should envisage one-time payments for tuberculosis patients released from prisons who get linked to medical care, assistance to these patients with employment and interaction with social rehabilitation centers in order to provide patients with a temporary place of residence
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