Brazil's unified health system: 35 years and future challenges

Francisco Ortega^{1

2}, Antonio Pele^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies, Barcelona, Spain.
² Medical Anthropology Research Center, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain.
³ Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Law School, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
⁴ Marie Curie Researcher, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) / Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire sur les Enjeux Sociaux (IRIS), Paris, France.

Francisco Ortega et al. Lancet Reg Health Am. 2023.

. 2023 Nov 10:28:100631.

doi: 10.1016/j.lana.2023.100631. eCollection 2023 Dec.

Francisco Ortega^{1

2}, Antonio Pele^{3

4}

¹ Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies, Barcelona, Spain.
² Medical Anthropology Research Center, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain.
³ Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Law School, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
⁴ Marie Curie Researcher, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) / Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire sur les Enjeux Sociaux (IRIS), Paris, France.

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