Horizontal equity in health care utilization in Brazil, 1998-2008

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  MacInko, James ^a   Lima Costa, Maria Fernanda ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Access to care; Brazil; Healthcare; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITAL SECTOR; POLICY MAKING; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTHCARE HORIZONTAL EQUITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PROBABILITY; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

BRAZIL;

EID: 84862487749     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-11-33     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Statistical Information System/Global Health Observatory, http://www.who.int/gho/en/
2. Trends in health conditions and use of health services by the Brazilian elderly: a study based on the National Household Sample Survey (1998, 2003). Lima-Costa MF, Loyola Filho AI, Matos DL, Cad Saude Publica http://www.ipc-undp. org/pressroom/files/ipc631.pdf 18813491
3. Linkages between pro-poor growth, social programs and labor market: the recent Brazilian experience. Kakwani N, Neri MC, Son HH, World Dev 2010 38 6 881 894 10.1016/j.worlddev.2010.02.015
4. Effects of a conditional cash transfer programme on child nutrition in Brazil. Paes-Sousa R, Santos LM, Miazaki ES, Bull World Health Organ 2011 89 7 496 503 10.2471/BLT.10.084202 21734763
5. Forum: equity in access to health care. Introduction. Travassos C, Cad Saude Publica 2008 24 5 1159 1161 10.1590/S0102-311X2008000500023 18461245
6. Equity in the Brazilian Health Care System: a contribution for debate. Travassos C, Cad Saude Publica 1997 13 2 325 330 10.1590/S0102-311X1997000200024 10886864
7. Socio-economic and ethnic group inequities in antenatal care quality in the public and private sector in Brazil. Victora CG, Matijasevich A, Silveira M, Santos I, Barros AJ, Barros FC, Health Policy Plan 2010 25 4 253 261 10.1093/heapol/czp065 20123940
8. Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), Pesquisa Nacional por Amostra de Domicilios PNAD 2008 [National Household Sample Survey 2008]. Volume 29 IBGE, Rio de Janeiro 2008
9. On the measurement of horizontal inequity in the delivery of health care. Wagstaff A, van Doorslaer E, Paci P, J Health Econ 1991 10 2 169 205 discussion 247-169, 251-166 10.1016/0167-6296(91)90003-6 10113709
10. Income-related inequalities in health: some international comparisons. van Doorslaer E, Wagstaff A, Bleichrodt H, Calonge S, Gerdtham UG, Gerfin M, Geurts J, Gross L, Hakkinen U, Leu RE, et al. J Health Econ 1997 16 1 93 112 10.1016/S0167-6296(96)00532-2 10167346
11. ODonnell O, van Doorslaer E, Wagstaff A, Lindelow M, Analyzing Health Equity Using Household Survey Data The World Bank, Washington, DC 2008
12. Equity in the delivery of health care in Europe and the US. van Doorslaer E, Wagstaff A, van der Burg H, Christiansen T, De Graeve D, Duchesne I, Gerdtham UG, Gerfin M, Geurts J, Gross L, et al. J Health Econ 2000 19 5 553 583 10.1016/S0167-6296(00)00050-3 11184794
13. On the interpretation of a concentration index of inequality. Koolman X, van Doorslaer E, Health Econ 2004 13 7 649 656 10.1002/hec.884 15259044
14. Explaining income-related inequalities in doctor utilisation in Europe. van Doorslaer E, Koolman X, Jones AM, Health Econ 2004 13 7 629 647 10.1002/hec.919 15259043
15. StataCorp, Stata users guide: Release 11 Stata Corporation, College Station, TX 2009 22474517
16. Horizontal equity in health care utilization evidence from three high-income Asian economies. Lu JF, Leung GM, Kwon S, Tin KY, Van Doorslaer E, ODonnell O, Soc Sci Med 2007 64 1 199 212 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.08.033 17014944
17. Intraurban differences in the use of ambulatory health services in a large brazilian city. Turci MA, Lima-Costa MF, Proietti FA, Cesar CC, Macinko J, J Urban Health 2010 87 6 994 1006 10.1007/s11524-010-9499-4 21104332
18. Reduction of social inequalities in utilization of dental care in Brazil from 1998 to 2008. Peres KG, Peres MA, Boing AF, Bertoldi AD, Bastos JL, Barros AJ, Rev Saude Publica 2012 46 2 250 258 10.1590/S0034-89102012000200007 22437856
19. Trends in primary health care-sensitive conditions in Brazil: the role of the Family Health Program (Project ICSAP-Brazil). Dourado I, Oliveira VB, Aquino R, Bonolo P, Lima-Costa MF, Medina MG, Mota E, Turci MA, Macinko J, Medical care 2011 49 6 577 584 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31820fc39f 21430576
20. The perfect storm of overutilization. Emanuel EJ, Fuchs VR, JAMA 2008 299 23 2789 2791 10.1001/jama.299.23.2789 18560006
21. The measurement and structure of household wealth. Juster FT, Smith JP, Stafford F, Labour Econ 1999 6 2 253 275 10.1016/S0927-5371(99)00012-3
22. Narrowing socioeconomic inequality in child stunting: the Brazilian experience, 1974-2007. Monteiro CA, Benicio MH, Conde WL, Konno S, Lovadino AL, Barros AJ, Victora CG, Bull World Health Organ 2010 88 4 305 311 10.2471/BLT.09.069195 20431795