Abstract Background Like other countries, Brazil is struggling with issues related to public
policies designed to influence the distribution, establishment, supply and education of …

Background Brazil boasts a health scheme that aspires to provide universal coverage, but its
surgical system has rarely been analysed. In an effort to strengthen surgical systems …

Introduction Although economic crises are common in low/middle-income countries (LMICs),
the evidence of their impact on health systems is still scant. We conducted a comparative …

Background A critical insufficiency of surgeons, anesthesiologists, and obstetricians exists
around the world, leaving billions of people without access to safe operative care. The …

Background The shortage and high turnover of physicians is a recurrent problem in health
care systems; this is especially harmful to the expansion and full operation of primary health …

► Almost half of the executives from such agencies in the last 20 years either started in or
ended up working for the private health sector.► We discuss paths and potential …

Aim: In anticipation of the implementation of personalized medicine in Brazil the authors
assessed the characteristics of its medical genetics workforce together with the distribution …

Objectives To examine physicians' perceptions of changing employment opportunities in
Brazil, and gain an insight into labour markets in low/middle-income countries (LMICs) …

Purpose In anticipation of the implementation of personalized medicine (PM) in Brazil we
assessed the demographic characteristics of its medical genetics workforce together with the …

Objectives To examine physicians' perceptions of changing employment opportunities in
Brazil, and gain an insight into labour markets in low/middle-income countries (LMICs) …