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

• Egile Nagusiak: Alecia J. McGregor (Egilea), Carlos Eduardo Siqueira (Egilea), Alan M. Zaslavsky (Egilea), Robert J. Blendon (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: BMC, 2017-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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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...