The influence of health expenditures on household impoverishment in Brazil

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 797-807

  Boing, Alexandra Crispim ^a   Bertoldi, Andréa Dâmaso ^b   Posenato, Leila Garcia ^c   Peres, Karen Glazer ^a,d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA ECONÔMICA APLICADA   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health expenditures; Population surveys; Poverty; Social conditions; Social health inequalities; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADULT; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INCOME; INSURANCE, PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; MALE; POVERTY; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84912086047     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0034-8910.2014048005113     Document Type: Article

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