Equity analysis of resource distribution for the Popular Pharmacy Program.

Maria Eduarda de Lima E Silva Aléssio Tony Cavalcanti de Almeida Ignácio Tavares de Araújo Júnior

Published in: Revista de saude publica (2019)

Although the Brazilian Popular Pharmacy Program seeks to reduce the socioeconomic inequalities observed in access to pharmaceutical care, which integrates health care services, regional disparities in access to medicine persist. These regional differences are attributed mostly to allocation failures and problems in managing the conventional pharmaceutical care cycle provided through SUS pharmacies.

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healthcare
quality improvement
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