Condiciones de vida, situación de la salud y disponibilidad de servicios de salud en la frontera de Brasil: un enfoque geográfico

The aim of this study was to identify critical health care areas along the Brazilian border. The distribution of health resources was analyzed by municipality and border area in 1999-2000 and subsequently analyzed according to living conditions, health status, geographic accessibility, and other aspects of the border dynamics. Secondary data were used from large national health and geographic databases, complemented by primary data collected in the field. Geographic information systems were used to analyze the data and to produce maps. The border area was heterogeneous in terms of the above-me...

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