Health care costs, including oral health care, are relevant and tend to increase, while funding sources are limited. In Brazil, economic assessments in health, especially in the area of oral health, are still incipient and little incorporated into management practices. The aim of this study was to calculate the investment needed to implement an Oral Health Teams (OHT) in the state of Minas Gerais. The methodolo...
BACKGROUND Schistosomiasis mansoni is a poverty-related parasitic infection that has a variety of clinical manifestations. We consider the disability and deaths caused by schistosomiasis unacceptable for a tool-ready disease. Its condition in Brazil warrants an analysis that will enable better understanding of the local health losses and contribute to the complex decision-making process. OBJECTIVE This study es...
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the annual direct and indirect costs of the prevention and treatment of cervical cancer in Brazil. METHODS: This cost description study used a "gross-costing" methodology and adopted the health system and societal perspectives. The estimates were grouped into sets of procedures performed in phases of cervical cancer care: the screening, diagnosis and treatment of precancerous lesions and ...
Orientador: Bastiaan Philip Reydon; Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Economia; Resumo: Esta dissertação tem por objetivo colocar em evidência a relação que existe entre a dimensão de uma propriedade rural negociada e seu preço de mercado. Isto é, o que se observa na prática é que o preço por hectare de um imóvel de grande área é menor que o preço por hectare de um imóvel ...