The combined effects of the expansion of primary health care and conditional cash transfers on infant mortality in Brazil, 1998-2010

F.C. Guanais

American Journal of Public Health, 2015, vol. 105, S593-9, S585-92

Abstract: OBJECTIVES: I examined the combined effects of access to primary care through the Family Health Program (FHP) and conditional cash transfers from the Bolsa Familia Program (BFP) on postneonatal infant mortality (PNIM) in Brazil.

Keywords: Brazil; economics; health care delivery; human; infant; infant mortality; organization and management; prenatal care; primary health care; social care; socioeconomics; statistics and numerical data; trends, Brazil; Health Services Accessibility; Humans; Infant; Infant Mortality; Prenatal Care; Primary Health Care; Public Assistance; Socioeconomic Factors (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301452r

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