Objectives To describe medicine utilization and access in a population covered by the Family Health Program (PSF) in Brazil.Methods Cross-sectional study with a random sample of 2988 individuals living in areas covered by 45 PSF clinics. Medicine utilization in the 15 days prior to the interview...

This study investigates the relative influence of the regional availability of health care resources (measured by physician densities, number of health care centers) on health care quality (measured by delay in diagnosis), based on data for the rare disease Marfan Syndrome.