Primary health care lessons from the Northeast of Brazil: The Agentes de Saude Program

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 293-301

  Svitone, Ennio Cufino ^c   Garfield, Richard ^a,c   Vasconcelos, Maria Ines ^b   Craveiro, Villane Araujo ^b  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b Family Health Program   (Brazil)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH WORKER; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BUDGET; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MEDICAL SERVICE; NURSE; POLICY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

BRAZIL; CEARA STATE;

EID: 0009812380     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1020-49892000000500002     Document Type: Article

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