Twenty years of health system reform in Brazil : an assessment of the Sistema Único de Saúde /

It has been over twenty years since the Brazilian Sistema Único de Saúde (Unified Health System or SUS) was formally established by the 1988 Constitution. The impetus for the SUS came in part from rising costs and a crisis in the social security system that preceded the reforms, but also from a br...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Gragnolati, Michele, 1968- (Author), Lindelöw, Magnus (Author), Couttolenc, Bernard (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, ©2013.
Series:Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Human development.
Subjects:
Sistema Único de Saúde (Brazil)
Public health administration > Brazil.
Medical care > Brazil.
Health care reform > Brazil.
Santé publique > Administration > Brésil.
Services de santé > Réforme > Brésil.
Soins médicaux > Brésil.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Health Care Issues.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Health Care Delivery.
MEDICAL > Health Policy.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Disease & Health Issues.
Health care reform
Medical care
Public health administration
Brazil
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Have the SUS reforms transformed the Brazilian health system?
  • Have the SUS reforms led to better outcomes?

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