Physician’s sociodemographic profile and distribution across public and private health care: an insight into physicians’ dual practice in Brazil

Abstract Background The intertwined relation between public and private care in Brazil is reshaping the medical profession, possibly affecting the distribution and profile of the country’s medical workforce. Physicians’ simultaneous engagement in public and private services is a common and unregulat...

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Published in:	BMC Health Services Research
Main Authors:	Bruno Alonso Miotto, Aline Gil Alves Guilloux, Alex Jones Flores Cassenote, Giulia Marcelino Mainardi, Giuliano Russo, Mário César Scheffer
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2018-04-01
Subjects:	Dual practice Private practice Public practice Physicians Brazilian healthcare system Physician behaviour
Online Access:	http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-018-3076-z

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