Integrated Management of Childhood Illness: efficiency of primary health in Northeast Brazil
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Integrated Management of Childhood Illness: efficiency of primary health in Northeast Brazil.
OBJECTIVE The Integrated Management of Childhood Illness is a strategy designed to address major causes of child mortality. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of the strategy on the quality of child health care provided at primary facilities. METHODS Child health quality of care and costs were compared in four states in Northeastern Brazil, in 2001. There were studied 48 health fa...
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista de Saúde Pública
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0034-8910
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-89102008000200001