What is it about?
This article analyzes to what extent elections and political parties in power at the county and municipal levels relate to privatization of healthcare management in the Brazilian healthcare system.
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Why is it important?
It is important because it contributes to understanding to what extent politics relate to decision-making regarding management of Brazilian healthcare services. We wanted to understand whether political parties influence the way health care is managed and if different parties- left, center and right- may change it according to party planks.
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This research confirmed our assumption that despite differences on paper, when it came to managing healthcare facilities, most parties in power at the county and municipal levels did not differ much in their approaches. All are contributing to the privatization of the Brazilian healthcare system.
Dr. Eduardo Siqueira
University of Massachusetts Boston
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This page is a summary of: Do elections matter for private-sector healthcare management in Brazil? An analysis of municipal health policy, BMC Health Services Research, July 2017, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-017-2427-5.
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