Catastrophic spending on health care in Brazil: Private health insurance does not seem to be the solution;Gasto catastrófi co com saúde no Brasil: Planos privados de saúde não parecem ser a solução

Cadernos de Saude Publica

Volumn 27, Issue SUPPL.2, 2011, Pages 254-262

  Barros, Aluísio J D ^a   Bastos, João Luiz ^b   Dâmaso, Andréa H ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

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

Author keywords

Health expenditures; Health services; Prepaid health plans

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960783443     PISSN: 0102311X     EISSN: 16784464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0102-311x2011001400012     Document Type: Article

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