Mortality associated with alternative policy options for primary care and the Mais Médicos (More Doctors) Program in Brazil: forecasting future scenarios

Mortality associated with alternative policy options for primary care and the Mais Médicos (More Doctors) Program in Brazil: forecasting future scenarios

Objective. To forecast the impact of alternative scenarios of coverage changes in Brazil’s Family Health Strategy (Estratégia Saúde da Família) (ESF)—due to fiscal austerity measures and to the end of the Mais Médicos (More Doctors) Program (PMM)—on overall under-5 mortality rates (U5MRs) and under-...

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Main Authors: Gabriel Vivas Francesconi, Renato Tasca, Sanjay Basu, Thiago Augusto Hernandes Rocha, Davide Rasella
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pan American Health Organization 2020-03-01
Series:Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
Subjects:
program evaluation
primary health care
computer simulation
mortality
brazil
Online Access:https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/51532

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