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Does expanding primary healthcare improve hospital efficiency? Evidence from a panel analysis of avoidable hospitalisations in 5506 municipalities in Brazil, 2000–2014

BACKGROUND: Hospitals account for the major share of health expenditure. Primary healthcare may improve efficiency at the hospital level by reducing avoidable admissions. We examined whether rapid expansion of primary healthcare in the context of Brazil’s Family Health Strategy (FHS) was associated...

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Autores principales: da Silva, Everton Nunes, Powell-Jackson, Timothy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Global Health 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5717937/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29225926
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2016-000242