An empirical assessment of the Healthy Early Childhood Program in Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil

Abstract: We investigate the effect of a family-based primary health care program (Healthly Early Childhood Program) on infant mortality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. We estimate infant mortality’s counterfactual trajectories using the differences-in-differences approach, combined with...

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Main Authors: Felipe Garcia Ribeiro, Gisele Braun, André Carraro, Gibran da Silva Teixeira, Denise Petrucci Gigante
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz 2018-04-01
Series:Cadernos de Saúde Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2018000405014&lng=en&tlng=en