agreement thereby threatens public health policies, especially in developing countries. This study discusses the main … the US, which has opened a panel against Brazil in the WTO but later withdrew it almost unconditionally, is also discussed … patents with public health and human rights, benefited from the important support of transnational activist networks, and were …

of the document Brazil: the state of the Union - 2007. Health outcomes in the last decades, health policies after 1988 … and the role of the government in health care are analyzed. Regarding this last topic, problems related to financing …, sector regulation and services production by the Unified Health System are discussed. The study shows that, despite …

This article provides an analysis of policies adopted to ensure adequate funding to public health care in Brazil as …/2000 are discussed. The CA 29/2000 led to an increase in financial resources to fund health care provided by the SUS from 2 … what should not be considered health care provided by the SUS. Unfortunately, no change has been proposed regarding the …

of the document "Brazil: the state of the Union - 2007". Health outcomes in the last decades, health policies after 1988 … and the role of the government in health care are analyzed. Regarding this last topic, problems related to financing …, sector regulation and services production by the Unified Health System are discussed. The study shows that, despite …

This article provides an analysis of policies adopted to ensure adequate funding to public health care in Brazil as …/2000 are discussed. The CA 29/2000 led to an increase in financial resources to fund health care provided by the SUS from 2 … what should not be considered health care provided by the SUS. Unfortunately, no change has been proposed regarding the …

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 … the health system of Brazil, Latina America, Caribbean Countries and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and …

We evaluate the efficiency of expenditure in health care provision by comparing various output measures (life … expectancy; infant survival rate; years of life recovered from diseases; population; area) from the health system of Brazilian …, Latina America and Caribbean Countries with an expenditure measure (health expenditure per capita). When estimating the …

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 … the health system of Brazil, Latina America, Caribbean Countries and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and …

We evaluate the efficiency of expenditure in health care provision by comparing various output measures (life … expectancy; infant survival rate; years of life recovered from diseases; population; area) from the health system of Brazilian …, Latina America and Caribbean Countries with an expenditure measure (health expenditure per capita). When estimating the …

The purpose of this study is to analyse the determinants of life expectancy as proxy for health status of the OECD … countries‘ population. A production function of health is used to explain life expectancy at birth for total and ageing … population and according to gender. Socio-economic factors, health resources and lifestyles are defined as the main determinants …