Breve 16: Ethics of Health Resource Allocation in the Brazilian Publicly Financed Health Care System
Peer Reviewed
Date issued
December 2016
Subject
Health Services;
Health Policy;
Health Insurance Coverage;
Medical Technology;
Child Health
Country
Brazil
IDB series
Criteria Network
Category
Learning Materials
This Breve is based on the original thesis work and on a webinar presented by Dr. Fábio Ferride-Barros regarding the "Ethics of Health Resources Allocation in the Publicly Financed Health Care System in Brazil." The perspective offered in this Breve complements a previously published issue documenting the use of health technology evaluation in decision-making in Brazil's health sector (IDB, 2015). The Breve introduces the challenges of priority setting in the context of a large and decentralized national universal health care system, which confronts resource scarcity and substantial inequalities.
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