Health care, including access to medicines, is granted as a citizen's right by the Brazilian Constitution through a national health system called Unified Health System (SUS). The Pharmaceutical Care Programmes of SUS are, quite often, the only way a large part of the population has to obtain...

Health care, including access to medicines, is granted as a citizen's right by the Brazilian Constitution through a national health system called Unified Health System (SUS). The Pharmaceutical Care Programmes of SUS are, quite often, the only way a large part of the population has to obtain...

The present article studies three mechanisms for estimulating the creation and sustainability of Intermunicipal Health Consortia (IHC). First, the incentives for sustainability can be aligned by using suitable transfers from the Central Government to the members of the consortia...

The present article studies an institution that has been widely adopted by Brazilian health districts in recent years. It consists of a new organizational structure in which neighboring districts form a partnership to supply specialized health care services that otherwise would be difficult to...