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PeNSE 2012 is a survey conducted by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), in partnership with the Ministry of Health. PeNSE covers a broad range of subjects, especially risk behavior. This article has the aim of analyzing discrimination against obese and very thin students...
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PeNSE 2012 is a survey conducted by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), in partnership with the Ministry of Health. PeNSE covers a broad range of subjects, especially risk behavior. This article has the aim of analyzing discrimination against obese and very thin students...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010405165
This text has as main objective to calculate the users' co-payment values in the Brazilian Farmácia Popular program (PFPB), as well as to explore potential factors associated with the co-payment rate in the program. The study is based on a rich set of data relating to product sales by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012616484
This study discusses, in general terms, some instruments used in the assessment of disabilities, for eligibility and access to public policies in Brazil, with emphasis on the Modified Brazilian Functioning Index (IFBrM). The purpose is to elucidate certification procedures for this condition,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014519012
This text has as main objective to calculate the users’ co-payment values in the Brazilian Farmácia Popular program (PFPB), as well as to explore potential factors associated with the co-payment rate in the program. The study is based on a rich set of data relating to product sales by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012263766
This study discusses, in general terms, some instruments used in the assessment of disabilities, for eligibility and access to public policies in Brazil, with emphasis on the Modified Brazilian Functioning Index (IFBrM). The purpose is to elucidate certification procedures for this condition,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014517505
The objective of this paper is to combine three topics - international migration, poverty, and pandemics - in the …. First of all, I discuss international migration; second, I emphasize the role of geography, development, and poverty; and … case of poverty, the regional perspective points to the limits of external help, the role of good institutions, and the …
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In 1988 Brazil was one of the first Latin American countries to frame access to health care as a constitutional right, but, in fact, it has not produced coverage of its citizens. Brazil's Unified Health System (Sistema Único de Saúde, or SUS in Portuguese) cannot quite be described as a public...
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This technical paper estimates the deductions on tax credits in Brazil for health care during 2003 and 2006. Subsidies for private health insurance are the focus of this study. It seems to be a contradiction between the redistribution model in the Constitution and the level of public spending on...
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This work follows the series of studies conducted in Ipea, in order to compare the efficiency of the Brazilian health system to health systems of other countries. We evaluate the efficiency of expenditure in health care provision by comparing various output measures (life expectancy; infant...
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