Social inequalities in lawsuits for drugs

The aim of this study was to characterize the lawsuits requesting drugs considering the economic profile of their petitioners. All lawsuits (1378) accepted against Goiânia, GO from 2003 to 2007 were analyzed. Petitioners' demographic characteristics, reported diseases, requested drugs, origin o...

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Main Authors: Mércia Pandolfo Provin, Silvana Nair Leite, Rita Goreti Amaral
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2013-09-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-82502013000300008&lng=en&tlng=en