Objective: To analyze contextual relations of health care in the discharge of leprosy.
Method: An analytical, reflexive study based on the theoretical framework of context analysis, elaborated through an integrative review of literature in the databases SCOPUS, PUBMED, LILACS, SCIELO and BDENF, with uncontrolled descriptors
Leprosy and Patient Discharge, obtaining 14 publications.
Results: The immediate context addresses health care at discharge in leprosy; the
specific context treats leprosy as a public health problem; the symbolic conceptions and marks involving leprosy are encompassed by the general context; and in the metacontext are described the health programs and policies that subsidize the care of
leprosy patients.
Conclusion: The contextual elements emphasize the need to guarantee universal coverage of cases of leprosy, from diagnosis to the post-discharge, reinforcing leprosy
as a public health problem. Despitehe limitations of the bibliographic studies, these have relevance for the health area
