The impact of Brazil's Bolsa Família conditional cash transfer program on children's health care utilization and health outcomes

BMC International Health and Human Rights

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Shei, Amie ^a   Costa, Federico ^b,c   Reis, Mitermayer G ^b,c,d,e   Ko, Albert I ^b,c  

^a ANALYSIS GROUP   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^e ESCOLA BAHIANA DE MEDICINA E SAÚDE PÚBLICA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD HEALTH; CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFER PROGRAM; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MONITORING; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROGRAM IMPACT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; URBAN AREA; VACCINATION; ADOLESCENT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COUGHING; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FEVER; GOVERNMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROPENSITY SCORE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COUGH; DATA COLLECTION; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FEVER; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POVERTY AREAS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROPENSITY SCORE; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84897983187     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-698X-14-10     Document Type: Article

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