Do elections matter for private-sector healthcare management in Brazil? An analysis of municipal health policy

• Main Authors: Alecia J. McGregor (Author), Carlos Eduardo Siqueira (Author), Alan M. Zaslavsky (Author), Robert J. Blendon (Author)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: BMC, 2017-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Assuntos: article
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Abstract Background This study analyzed several political determinants of increased private-sector management in Brazilian health care. In Brazil, the poor depend almost exclusively on the public Unified Health System (the SUS), which remains severely underfunded. Given the overhead costs associated...