Hospitalizations for ambulatory care-sensitive conditions, Minas Gerais, Southeastern Brazil, 2000 and 2010

OBJECTIVE To analyze hospitalization rates and the proportion of deaths due to ambulatory care-sensitive hospitalizations and to characterize them according to coverage by the Family Health Strategy, a primary health care guidance program. METHODS An ecological study comprising 853 municipalities...

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Main Authors: Rita Maria Rodrigues-Bastos, Estela Márcia Saraiva Campos, Luiz Cláudio Ribeiro, Mauro Gomes Bastos Filho, Maria Teresa Bustamante-Teixeira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2014-12-01
Series:Revista de Saúde Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89102014000600958&lng=en&tlng=en