Bolsa Família Program and deaths from oral cancer in Brazil: an ecological study

• Main Authors: Elisa Miranda Costa (Author), Núbia Cristina da Silva Rocha (Author), Thiago Augusto Hernandes Rocha (Author), Hassan Lavalier de Oliveira Lima (Author), João Ricardo Nickenig Vissoci (Author), Rejane Christine de Sousa Queiroz (Author), Erika Barbara Abreu Fonseca Thomaz (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Pan American Health Organization, 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective. To assess the effect of coverage of the Bolsa Família Program (BFP) on oral cancer mortality rates in Brazil between 2005 and 2017, adjusting for health care coverage and socioeconomic characteristics of the Brazilian federative units. Methods. This is an ecological study using annual da...