Can mothers rely on the Brazilian health system for their deliveries? An assessment of use of the public system and out-of-pocket expenditure in the 2004 Pelotas Birth Cohort Study, Brazil

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Barros, Aluísio J D ^a   Santos, Iná S ^a   Bertoldi, Andréa D ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BRAZIL; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER; NEWBORN ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; INSURANCE; NEWBORN; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

BRAZIL; COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PREGNANCY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 41549131293     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-8-57     Document Type: Article

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