Income-related inequality and inequity in children's health care: A longitudinal analysis using data from Brazil.

ABSTRACT: The Brazilian Unified Health System was created in the late 1980s to ensure free universal access to health care and was funded by taxes and social contributions. The persistent inequity in access to health services in favour of richer individuals in Brazil has been observed in the literature. However, to the best of our knowledge, no measurement of inequality in medicine use or private health insurance (PHI) among children has been performed with longitudinal data. This paper uses inequality indices and their decompositions to analyse the income-related inequalities/inequities in children's health care in the city of Pelotas, Brazil, using longitudinal data following children from 12 to 72 months of age. Our sample with data in all waves has between 1877 and 2638 children (varying accordi

SUBMITTER: Aristides Dos Santos AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6411923 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature