title: Health Care in Brazil: Implications for Public Health and Epidemiology.
abstract: A network of family-based community-oriented primary health programs, or Programa Agentes Communita˙rios de Saúde, and family health programs, or Programa Saúde da Família, introduced almost 2 decades ago were the Brazilian government's health care models to restructure primary care under the Unified Health System, or Sistema Único de Saúde. The latter offers comprehensive coverage to all, although it is used by those of lower income, and despite achievement in the last quarter century, access to health services and gradients of health status continue to persist along income, educational background, racial, and religious lines.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neuroepidemiology, Department of Neurology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA; College of Global Public Health, New York University, New York, NY, USA. Electronic address: david.younger@nyumc.org.
authors.forename: David S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Younger
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006304:Health Status; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D011634:Public Health / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence
keywords: Brazil; Epidemiology; Global health; Health care; Public health