Catastrophic expenditure on medicines in Brazil

• Principais autores: Vera Lucia Luiza (Autor), Noemia Urruth Leão Tavares (Autor), Maria Auxiliadora Oliveira (Autor), Paulo Sergio Dourado Arrais (Autor), Luiz Roberto Ramos (Autor), Tatiane da Silva Dal Pizzol (Autor), Sotero Serrate Mengue (Autor), Mareni Rocha Farias (Autor), Andréa Dâmaso Bertoldi (Autor)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: Universidade de São Paulo.
• Assuntos: article
• Acesso em linha: Connect to this object online.

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To describe the magnitude of the expenditure on medicines in Brazil according to region, household size and composition in terms of residents in a situation of dependency. METHODS Population-based data from the national household survey were used, with probabilistic sample, applie...