Health Reform in Brazil: Lessons to Consider
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Health reform in Brazil: lessons to consider.
US analysts and decisionmakers interested in comparative health policy typically turn to European perspectives, but Brazil-notwithstanding its far smaller gross domestic product and lower per capita health expenditures and technological investments-offers an example with surprising relevance to the US health policy context. Not only is Brazil comparable to the United States in size, racial/ethn...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Public Health
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0090-0036,1541-0048
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.93.1.44