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Cancer mortality in the Capitals and in the interior of Brazil: a four-decade analysis

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: to describe the trend of mortality from general cancer and more frequent types among men and women living in the Capitals and other municipalities of the five macro-regions of Brazil between 1978 and 2017. METHODS: Time series study with mortality data corrected by redistribution of...

Spatial pattern of mortality from breast and cervical cancer in the city of São Paulo

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To verify the spatial pattern of mortality from breast and cervical cancer in areas of primary health care, considering socioeconomic conditions. METHODS This is an ecological study, from January 2000 to December 2016. The study area is the municipality of São Paulo, Brazil, and i...

Mortality trend due to Hepatitis B and C in the city of São Paulo, 2002-2016

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To describe mortality due to hepatitis B and C as underlying cause in the municipality of São Paulo, verifying the trend of these rates, and to assess the association of these diseases with others, from 2002 to 2016. METHODS: This is a time series study on mortality due to hepatiti...

Financial impact of the change in the vulnerability profile of More Doctors Program

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To estimate the flow of professionals and the financial impact of the Programa Mais Médicos para o Brasil (PMMB - More Doctors for Brazil Program) within the More Doctors Program (MDP) for the Brazilian Ministry of Health and the participating municipalities of the state of São Pau...

Violence against pregnant women and associated factors in the city of Governador Valadares

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To characterize violence against women during pregnancy and to verify its association with socioeconomic, demographic, obstetric, behavioral factors, health care and diseases during pregnancy. METHODS Cross-sectional study carried out with puerperal women whose birth took place at ...

Notes for the study on health systems: multifaceted analysis and tracer indicators

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To present the methodological approach used in a research that analyzed the use and performance of specialized health care, from primary care access, in four major Brazilian cities: Fortaleza (CE), Campinas (SP), São Paulo (SP) and Porto Alegre (RS). METHODS Presentation and discuss...

Mortality by road traffic injuries in Brazil (2000-2016): capital cities versus non-capital cities

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVES: To compare the magnitude and trend of mortality by road traffic injuries (RTI) in the capitals and other municipalities of each Brazilian state between 2000 and 2016. METHODS: A time series analysis of mortality rates by RTI standardized by age was performed, comparing the capitals...

Monitoring of oral health teams after National Primary Care Policy 2017

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To monitor the number of oral health teams implemented in the Family Health Strategy after National Primary Care Policy 2017. METHODS This is a study of quantitative, descriptive and analytical nature that used the data from the public reports of the history of oral health coverage a...

TB-HIV co-infection: spatial and temporal distribution in the largest Brazilian metropolis

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To describe the spatial and temporal distribution of TB-HIV co-infection, as well as the profile of the characteristics of the co-infected population in the municipality of São Paulo. METHODS This is an ecological and time series study with data from the Tuberculosis Patient Control...

Tuberculosis in elderly patients in the city of Cali, Colombia: a hospital-based cohort study

J. bras. pneumol; 46 (5), 2020