2020
DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2020.00370
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Funding and Service Organization to Achieve Universal Health Coverage for Medicines: An Economic Evaluation of the Best Investment and Service Organization for the Brazilian Scenario.

Abstract: Background: There are many health benefits since 31 years after the foundation of the National Health Service (NHS) in Brazil, especially the increase in life expectancy. However, family-income inequalities, insufficient funding, and suboptimal private sectorpublic sector collaboration are still areas for improvement. The efforts of Brazil to achieve universal health coverage (UHC) for medicines have resulted in increased public financing of medicines and their availability, reducing avoidable hospitalization … Show more

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“…Further economic studies are necessary though to show whether the Popular Pharmacy program or RFM is better in terms of service delivery and overall efficiency in order that the government chooses one approach for all the country. Other considerations include the way pharmacists are remunerated under the various systems, which in a recently published article favoured a mixed model approach 57 .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Further economic studies are necessary though to show whether the Popular Pharmacy program or RFM is better in terms of service delivery and overall efficiency in order that the government chooses one approach for all the country. Other considerations include the way pharmacists are remunerated under the various systems, which in a recently published article favoured a mixed model approach 57 .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The concept of access is broad and requires a multidimensional understanding with political, socioeconomic, technical, and organizational aspects, with the goal of enabling users to use health services to meet their needs [ 34 ]. It is important to differentiate between the terms access, accessibility, and availability and to differentiate between timely access to health services and physical access to services.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Universal coverage ensures quality health care and related services, promoting comprehensive well-being for individuals and communities. This underscores concerns about equity and the full implementation of the right to health, encompassing a multidimensional framework of humanitarian, economic, and financial protection ( 11 , 12 ).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%