Quality and Effectiveness of Different Approaches to Primary Care Delivery in Brazil
Language:
English
Series/Journal Title:
BMC Health Services Research
Volume:
6
Issue:
156
Copyright:
2006
Pages:
23
Description:
Since 1994, Brazil has developed a primary care system based on multidisciplinary teams which include not only a physician and a nurse, but also 4-6 lay community health workers. Yet relatively few investigations have examined its effectiveness, especially in contrast with that of the traditional multi-specialty physician team approach it is replacing, or that of other existing family medicine approaches placing less emphasis on lay community health workers. The main objective of the study is to evaluate the quality of care offered to adults through different models of care currently present. [from author’s description]
Subject
Geographic Focus
Resource Type
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