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Health policy in Brazil: scientific production 1988-2014

The aim of this study is to map the scientific production in health policy in Brazil, at the SciELO base, in the period 1988-2014. 769 articles, divided into three groups, were identified: a) policy analysis in health (10.2%) with a predominance of studies that analyze the Brazilian health reform; b) studies on financing, management, organization and infrastructure of the health system (28.8%); c) studies about analysis of specific health policies (49%). It was found an increase in the number of publications over time and concentration of studies in the last group, highlighting the progressive replacement of analysis of the more general political process by studies of specific policies.

Health policy; Unified Health System; Health care reform; Scientific and technical activities


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