The influence of health expenditures on household impoverishment in Brazil

OBJECTIVE To analyze the variation in the proportion of households living below the poverty line in Brazil and the factors associated with their impoverishment. METHODS Income and expenditure data from the Household Budget Survey, which was conducted in Brazil between 2002-2003 (n = 48,470 house...

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Main Authors: Alexandra Crispim Boing, Andréa Dâmaso Bertoldi, Leila Garcia Posenato, Karen Glazer Peres
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2014-10-01
Series:Revista de Saúde Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89102014000500797&lng=en&tlng=en