New Collective Health Research Study Findings Have Been Reported by Researchers at Federal University Santa Catarina (The Door Is Open, but Not Everyone May Enter: Racial Inequities In Healthcare Access Across Three Brazilian Surveys): Health and Medicine – Collective Health Research

2021 OCT 26 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Investigators publish new report on Health and Medicine - Collective Health Research. According to news reporting originating in Florianopolis, Brazil, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “Health policies in Brazil have sought to expand healthcare access and mitigate inequities, but recent revisions of their content have weakened the Brazilian Unified Health System. This study estimates three healthcare indicators across three national surveys conducted in 2008, 2013, and 2019 to assess the impact of changes to the National Primary Care Policy on racial inequities in healthcare.”

Financial support for this research came from Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPQ).

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from Federal University Santa Catarina, “Considering the survey design and sampling weights, we estimated the prevalence of each outcome among both whites and Blacks for the whole country, and according to the Brazilian regions. We test the following hypotheses: compared to whites, Blacks showed higher frequency of coverage by the Family Health Strategy, lower frequency of health insurance coverage, and higher frequency of perceived difficulty accessing health services (H1); Racial inequities decreased in the ten-year period but remained constant between 2013-2019 (H2); Racial gaps have widened among regions with lower proportions of Blacks (H3). Our findings fully support H1, but not H2 and H3. Racial inequities either remained constant or decreased in the 2013-2019 period.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “By downplaying the importance of the universality and equity principles, the latest revision of the National Primary Care Policy has contributed to the persistence of racial inequities in healthcare.”

For more information on this research see: The Door Is Open, but Not Everyone May Enter: Racial Inequities In Healthcare Access Across Three Brazilian Surveys. Ciencia & Saude Coletiva, 2021;26(9):3981-3990. Ciencia & Saude Coletiva can be contacted at: Abrasco-assoc Brasileira Pos-graduacao & Saude Coletiva, Avenida Brasil, 4036, Sala 700 Manguinhos-1, Rio De Janeiro, 21040-36, Brazil.

Our news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Helena Mendes Constante, Federal University Santa Catarina, Programa Posgrad Saude Colet, Campus Univ Trindade, Br-88040970 Florianopolis, Sc, Brazil. Additional authors for this research include Joao Luiz Bastos and Gerson Luiz Marinho.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1590/1413-81232021269.47412020. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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