Twenty Years of Health System Reform in Brazil : An Assessment of the Sistema Único de Saúde

Twenty Years of Health System Reform in Brazil : An Assessment of the Sistema Único de Saúde

It has been more than 20 years since Brazil's 1988 Constitution formally established the Unified Health System (Sistema Unico de Saude, SUS). Building on reforms that started in the 1980s, the SUS represented a significant break with the past,...

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Main Authors:	Gragnolati, Michele, Lindelow, Magnus, Couttolenc, Bernard
Format:	Publication
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2013
Subjects:	ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES ACCESS TO SERVICES AGING ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY ANTENATAL CARE BASIC LEGISLATION BLOCK GRANT CANCER PATIENTS CATASTROPHIC HEALTH EXPENDITURE CERVICAL CANCER CESAREAN SECTION CESAREAN SECTIONS CHILD MORTALITY CITIZEN CLINICAL GUIDELINES COMMUNITY HEALTH COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION DEATHS DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE DEMAND FOR HEALTH DEMAND FOR HEALTH CARE DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION DENTAL CARE DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIABETES DISEASE CONTROL DISEASES DOCTORS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIES OF SCALE ELDERLY ELDERLY POPULATION EMERGENCY CARE EMPLOYMENT EPIDEMIOLOGY EQUITABLE ACCESS EQUITABLE ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE ESSENTIAL DRUGS FAMILIES FAMILY HEALTH FAMILY INCOME FEE-FOR-SERVICE FEE-FOR-SERVICE PAYMENT FINANCIAL PROTECTION FINANCING OF HEALTH CARE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT GENERAL PRACTICE GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE DELIVERY HEALTH CARE FACILITIES HEALTH CARE FINANCING HEALTH CARE NEEDS HEALTH CARE NETWORKS HEALTH CARE SERVICES HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH ECONOMICS HEALTH EDUCATION HEALTH EXPENDITURE HEALTH EXPENDITURES HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH FINANCING HEALTH INFORMATION HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HEALTH NEEDS HEALTH ORGANIZATION HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH PLAN HEALTH PLANS HEALTH PROFESSIONS HEALTH PROMOTION HEALTH PROVIDERS HEALTH REFORM HEALTH RESEARCH HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SECTOR REFORM HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH STATUS HEALTH STRATEGY HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH SYSTEM EFFICIENCY HEALTH SYSTEM GOALS HEALTH SYSTEM PERFORMANCE HEALTH SYSTEM REFORM HEALTH SYSTEMS HEALTH WORKERS HIV/AIDS HOME CARE HOSPITAL ADMISSION HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS HOSPITAL BEDS HOSPITAL CAPACITY HOSPITAL CARE HOSPITAL DELIVERIES HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT HOSPITAL SERVICES HOSPITALIZATION HOSPITALS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES HYPERTENSION IMMUNIZATION IMMUNIZATIONS IMMUNODEFICIENCY IMPORTANT POLICY INCOME INCOME COUNTRIES INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME GROUPS INEQUALITIES IN HEALTH STATUS INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFORMATION SYSTEM INPATIENT CARE INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS INTEGRATION INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS LAWS LEGAL STATUS LEVEL OF HEALTH SPENDING LIFE EXPECTANCY LIVE BIRTHS LOCAL CAPACITY MANDATES MATERNAL MORTALITY MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL PROCEDURES MEDICAL RECORDS MEDICAL SUPPLIES MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY MEDICINES MENTAL HEALTH MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES MIGRATION MINISTRY OF HEALTH MORBIDITY MORTALITY NATIONAL COUNCIL NATIONAL HEALTH NATIONAL LEVEL NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS NORMAL DELIVERIES ORAL HEALTH PATIENT PATIENTS PHYSICIAN PHYSICIANS POCKET PAYMENTS POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH PRIMARY CARE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SERVICES PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SYSTEM PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE PRIVATE HOSPITALS PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTORS PRIVATE SPENDING PROGRESS PROVIDER PAYMENT PROVIDERS OF HEALTH CARE PROVISION OF HEALTH CARE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE MANAGEMENT PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMS PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM PUBLIC HOSPITAL PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS PUBLIC PROVIDERS PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC SPENDING QUALITY ASSURANCE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT QUALITY OF CARE QUALITY OF HEALTH QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE RATE OF GROWTH REFERRAL SYSTEMS REGIONAL NETWORKS RESEARCH COMMUNITY RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESPECT RISK FACTORS SAFE WATER SANITATION SCREENING SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVISION SHARE OF HEALTH SPENDING SMOKING SOCIAL PARTICIPATION SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL SECURITY SYPHILIS TECHNICAL CAPACITY TECHNICAL RESOURCES TUBERCULOSIS UNIVERSAL ACCESS USE OF HEALTH SERVICES WASTE WORKERS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/17899895/twenty-years-health-system-reform-brazil-assessment-sistema-unico-de-saude http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15801

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/17899895/twenty-years-health-system-reform-brazil-assessment-sistema-unico-de-saude
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15801

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