Ministry of health's spending on drugs: Program trends from 2002 to 2007;Gasto do ministério da saúde com medicamentos: Tendência dos programas de 2002 a 2007

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 674-681

  Vieira, Fabiola Sulpino ^a  

^a MINISTÉRIO DA SAÚDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Drug costs; Health spending trends ; Pharmaceutical services; Pol tica nacional de medicamentos (National drug policy); Public health policies; Sistema nico de sa de (Unified health system)

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DRUG COST; ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; PHARMACY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; BRAZIL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DRUG COSTS; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES;

EID: 70349912675     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0034-89102009005000041     Document Type: Article

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