Primary care and public health services integration in Brazil's unified health system

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Pinto, Rogério M ^a   Wall, Melanie ^b   Yu, Gary ^c   Penido, Cláudia ^d   Schmidt, Clecy ^d  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Saúde Mental ^*  (United States)

^d Estratégia Saúde da Família ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COOPERATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

BRAZIL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 84867525606     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300972     Document Type: Article

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