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Out-of-pocket health expenditure in a population covered by the Family Health Program in Brazil

Author(s) -

Aluísio J. D. Barros,

Andréa Dâmaso Bertoldi

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyn063

Subject(s) - environmental health , public health , payment , population , medicine , family health , health spending , low income , population health , business , socioeconomics , health services , nursing , economics , finance

The Brazilian public health system, free and universal, should limit out-of-pocket health expenses. However, Brazil was reported as one of the countries with the highest proportion of families experiencing catastrophic expenditure. This study was designed to assess occurrence of high health spending in a low-income population, as well as the pattern of out-of-pocket health payments.

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