More doctors, better health? A generalised synthetic control approach to estimating impacts of increasing doctors under Brazil's Mais Medicos programme

Rhys Llewellyn Thomas, Christopher Millett, Ricardo de Sousa Soares and Thomas Hone

Social Science & Medicine, 2024, vol. 358, issue C

Abstract: Worldwide, there are an insufficient number of primary care physicians to provide accessible, high-quality primary care services. Better knowledge on the health impacts of policies aimed at improving access to primary care physicians is important for informing future policies.

Keywords: Synthetic control; Brazil; Human resources for health; Mortality; Hospitalisations; Primary care; Doctors (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117222

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