Equity vs. equality at a public ICU in Brazil all in a day's work - Equity vs. equality at a public ICU in Brazil

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 375, Issue 25, 2016, Pages 2420-2421

  Machado, Flávia R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAZIL; BUDGET; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EQUITY; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LAW SUIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT RIGHT; PATIENT SELECTION; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REVIEW; ECONOMICS; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; INSURANCE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TRENDS;

BRAZIL; BUDGETS; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS;

EID: 85007028895     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1610059     Document Type: Review

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