as a formal salaried worker. Among other results, it must be highlighted, making simulations, that increasing parents …

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 …

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 …). According to the results, children who live in poorer households are likely to have worse health status than richer children …

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 …

geographical areas of disease concentration and poor socioeconomic conditions for directing integrated public health and social … units of analysis. We used data from the information systems of the Brazilian Ministry of Health and the Brazilian Institute … to their relevance to public health and availability of data: tuberculosis, leprosy, cutaneous leishmaniasis, visceral …