Brazil's Healthcare System: Constitutional Mandates and Spending Tiers
What happened
The 1988 constitution establishes health as a right and a duty of the State in Brazil. The country operates a two-tiered system: a free public health and education system, and a paid private system. In 2021, households and non-profits spent 5.7% of GDP on health, compared to 4.0% spent by the government.
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Why it matters
Despite the existence of a free unified health system (SUS), private spending outweighs public spending. The delivery of services is shared across three levels of government, with cities running most primary care and states running many hospitals.
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Who's involved
- São PauloLocation where the public and private health system operates
- Capital EconomicsA company that might analyze the public health fiscal policy
Who could feel it
Possible knock-on effectsThese are possibilities Brind reasoned out, not predictions, and not advice. Most are not stated in any report.
- Capital EconomicsSpeculative
Capital Economics could potentially use the details of the public health fiscal policy for analysis.