Free access to medicines for the treatment of chronic diseases in Brazil

• Main Authors: Noemia Urruth Leão Tavares (Author), Vera Lucia Luiza (Author), Maria Auxiliadora Oliveira (Author), Karen Sarmento Costa (Author), Sotero Serrate Mengue (Author), Paulo Sergio Dourado Arrais (Author), Luiz Roberto Ramos (Author), Mareni Rocha Farias (Author), Tatiane da Silva Dal Pizzol (Author), Andréa Dâmaso Bertoldi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo.
• Subjects: article
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ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To analyze the free access to medicines for the treatment of chronic diseases in the Brazilian population, according to demographic and socioeconomic factors. We also analyzed the most used pharmacological groups, according to funding source: free-of-charge or out-of-pocket paid....