There are several studies showing that household income seems to be an important determinant of children`s health. The … objective of this paper is to document the relationship between income and children`s health in Brazil using three data sources … and many health indicators. The empirical analysis is conducted with information from the 2002/2003 POF (Consumer …

There are several studies showing that household income seems to be an important determinant of children`s health. The … objective of this paper is to document the relationship between income and children`s health in Brazil using three data sources … and many health indicators. The empirical analysis is conducted with information from the 2002/2003 POF (Consumer …

The aim of the present study is to measure the impact of smoking on life expectancy at birth, by sex and age in two …, eliminating the mortality attributable to smoking in three major groups of causes of death: malignant neoplasms, cardiovascular … of deaths attributable to smoking, estimated indirectly by Corrêa et al (2009), who used information from the Household …

This paper aims to test the relationship between health and per capita economic growth. Two main causalities were … discussed: if health would directly increase labor productivity or if it would, indirectly, intensify the positive effect of … education on growth. A better health status could decrease the depreciation of human capital, proxied by education. We run two …

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 …

The objective is to analyze problems of the health sector in Brazil, with emphasis on the management of the SUS, aiming … actor was defined as "difficulty in timely, effective and equitable access to health care". A problem tree was created, and … of Health, with the objective of agreeing on actions that promote planning, monitoring and evaluation in the SUS and …

This text analyzes issues related to the federative coordination of the Unified Health System (SUS), with negative … repercussions on access to public health goods and services, aiming at the identification and recommendation of measures that … definition of the public problem as "difficulty of timely, effective and equitable access to public health goods and services" a …