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The health surveys, such as the Household Health Survey of São Paulo ( Inquérito Domiciliar de Saúde de São Paulo  – ISA-Capital), in general, were designed to identify the

The information sources can be public (Facilities and Health Professionals.. Surveys, for example, in Brazil, Medical-Sanitary Assistance Research of the Brazilian Institute of

This December, Brazil hosts the 15th National Health Conference, of great importance in the history of public health in Brazil, which in the current circumstances is particularly

up a group and organized the Canadian Public Health Association and the event “Frontline Health: beyond health care.” The conference was held to evaluate the advances in health

In Brazil, the Ministry of Health has made substantial investments in the area, funding the Health Supplement of the National Household Sample Survey (PNAD; 1998, 2003, and

Of particular note were the actions of Public Health entities and related organizations (such as Brazilian Public Health Associa- tion – Abrasco, Brazilian Health Economics

There is a social gradient in health: “ in between top and bot- tom, health improved steadly with rank ” (p. Thus, it is necessary to overcome the mistaken understanding that

Study of the National Health Surveys of 1998/1999 and 2005/2006: self-perceived health, morbidity, healthcare services use, healthcare expenditure and health