Overcoming health inequity: potential benefits of a patient-centered open-source public health infostructure Superando a falta de eqüidade em saúde: benefícios potenciais de uma estrutura de informação em saúde pública, centrada no paciente e de domínio público

The past 20 years have witnessed an astonishing increase in computational power and an incredible reduction in the cost of contemporary computer systems, but the public health infostructure in most countries has not changed significantly. This article discusses the potential benefits of applying pat...

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Main Authors: Ernesto T. A. Marques Jr., Romulo Maciel Filho, Paul Nordstrom August
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz 2008-03-01
Series:Cadernos de Saúde Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2008000300008