Utilization of the Brazilian public health system by privately insured individuals: a literature review

• Main Authors: Leonardo Ferreira Fontenelle (Author), Thiago Dias Sarti (Author), Maria Beatriz Junqueira de Camargo (Author), Ethel Leonor Noia Maciel (Author), Aluísio J. D. Barros (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2019-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Abstract: More than one in four Brazilians have private health insurance (PHI), even thought it covers mostly the same procedures as the Brazilian Unified National Health System (SUS). This literature review included articles and monographs published since 1990 about the utilization of SUS by privat...