18 Aug
The Lancet published in May a few papers about the Brazilian health system, none of them on primary care, or with a focus on health policy. Therefore, important questions were kept out of the debate. This letter highlights some of the critical questions as maldistribution of doctors. Brazilian health service organization: problems at a glance. [...]
18 Aug
Brazil, with almost 200 millions inhabitants, has a public primary health system that covers 60% of the population. Health centers are public, with professionals working as public employees, and organized in health teams (one per 4.000 inhabitans, with a family physician, a nurse, an auxiliar and six agents of communiyt health). The Strategy of Family [...]
18 Aug
Barbara Starfield died 10th June 2011. She was a giant of primary health care. Her publications have being critical for building up a framework for health services researh, and for health policy. This obituary remember her work and life. Quando um gigante cai, os añoes ficam sem sombra. Gérvas, J., Peréz Fernández, M. Rev Soc [...]
