Persistent inequalities in health care services utilisation in Brazil (1998-2019).

ABSTRACT:

Background

One of the primary objectives of the Brazilian health care system is to improve the health and well-being of all citizens. Since the establishment of the Unified Health System/Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS) in 1988, Brazil has made strides towards reducing inequalities in health care services utilisation. However, there are currently no comprehensive and up-to-date studies focused on inequalities in both curative and preventive health care services utilisation.

Methods

We evaluated data from the National Household Sample Survey and the Brazilian National Health Survey, which are two nationally representative studies that include findings from 1998, 2003, and 2008 and 2013 and 2019, respectively. We calculated Erreygers-corrected Concentration Indices (CInds) to eval

SUBMITTER: Coube M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9893569 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature