Expenditures on the treatment of osteoporosis in the elderly in Brazil (2008 - 2010): analysis of associated factors

Objective: To analyze the expenditure of the Ministry of Health with osteoporosis treatment in the Brazilian Public Health System (SUS) in 2008-2010 triennium and estimate the influence of demographic, regional and disease related variables on average expenditure per procedures performed. Method...

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Main Authors: Luci Fabiane Scheffer Moraes, Everton Nunes da Silva, Diego Augusto Santos Silva, Ana Patrícia de Paula
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva 2014-09-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-790X2014000300719&lng=en&tlng=en