Income-based disparities in health care utilisation under universal health coverage in Brazil, 2002-2003

Global Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 394-410

  Cataife, Guido ^a   Courtemanche, Charles ^b  

^a Department of Health Division IMPAQ International ^*  (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; disparities; family health programme; income; universal health care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; ECONOMICS; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INSURANCE; MANPOWER; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BRAZIL; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 84899537433     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2014.891631     Document Type: Article

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