Brazil - Innovative Approaches to Extending Family Health Services

Brazil - Innovative Approaches to Extending Family Health Services

The recently completed Family Health Extension Project (FHEP) has provided support to Brazil's Family Health Program (Programa de Saude da Familia, or PSF) and allowed dramatic improvements in the coverage of basic health services. The project...

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Main Author:	La Forgia, Gerard
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES AUXILIARY NURSES BASIC HEALTH SERVICES CERTIFICATION CHILD CARE CHILD HEALTH CITIES COMMUNICABLE DISEASES CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS DEATHS DECENTRALIZATION DELIVERY SYSTEM DELIVERY SYSTEMS DENTAL HEALTH EQUIPMENT ESSENTIAL PHARMACEUTICALS EXPENDITURES FAMILIES FAMILY HEALTH FAMILY HEALTH SERVICES FAMILY PLANNING FERTILITY FERTILITY RATES FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT GENERAL PRACTICE HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HEALTH DELIVERY HEALTH EXTENSION HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH FINANCING HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH PLANS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICE HEALTH SERVICE PROVISION HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SPECIALIST HEALTH STATUS HEALTH STRATEGIES HEALTH STRATEGY HEALTH SYSTEM HOSPITAL HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS HUMAN RESOURCES ILLNESS ILLNESSES INCOME INCOME GROUPS INEQUITIES INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATES INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY LARGE CITIES MATERNAL MORBIDITY MEDICAL SUPPLIES MEDICINES MINISTRY OF HEALTH MORBIDITY MORTALITY MOTHER NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS NURSE NURSES PATIENT PATIENT DEMAND PHYSICIAN PHYSICIANS POLICY FRAMEWORK POOR FAMILIES POOR GIRLS POOR POPULATIONS PREGNANT WOMEN PREVENTABLE DISEASES PRIMARY CARE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PROGRESS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES QUALITY CONTROL QUALITY IMPROVEMENT QUALITY OF CARE REFERRAL SYSTEM REFERRAL SYSTEMS RESPECT RURAL AREAS SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE UTILIZATION SHORT SUPPLY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNICAL CAPACITIES TEENAGE GIRLS TEENAGERS TETANUS TRANSPORT SYSTEMS URBAN AREAS VACCINATION VACCINES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/03/9669082/brazil-innovative-approaches-extending-family-health-services http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10286

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/03/9669082/brazil-innovative-approaches-extending-family-health-services
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10286