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0352/2017 - Private health plans and the health of workers in Brazil.
Planos privados de saúde e a saúde dos trabalhadores do Brasil.

Author:

• Carlos Leonardo Figueiredo Cunha - Cunha, C.L.F - <leocunhama@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1891-4201

Co-author(s):

• Jessica Moreira - Moreira, J - <jessica@iesc.ufrj.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1987-3584
• Bruno Luciano Carneiro Alves de Oliveira - Oliveira, B.L.C.A. - CURURUPU, - <oliveira.bruno@ufma.br, brunodeoliveirama@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8053-7972
• Ligia Bahia - Bahia, Ligia - Rio de Janeiro, RJ - <ligiabahia@terra.com.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8730-2244
• Ronir Raggio Luiz - Luiz, R. R. - <ronir@iesc.ufrj.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7784-9905


Abstract:

The present paper intended to compare the changes in coverage patterns by health insurance plans among public servants, the military and other employees in Brazil and verify if the purchase of such health plans reflects itself in the respective self-reported prevalences of Systemic Hypertension (SH) and Diabetes Mellitus (DM) in the country. For this purpose, workers in the public sector (federal, state and municipal spheres, and the military) and other workers aged ≥18 who were included in the 1998, 2003 and 2008 editions of the National Household Sample Survey (PNAD) and in the 2013 National Survey were studied. Over the years of the study, it was observed that Brazil’s public service employees, both civilian and military, have presented a high and increasing proportion of health insurance purchase compared to other workers. The prevalences of SH and DM have always been higher among employees with health insurance. The special status of public servants and the military as regards the double access to both public and private healthcare systems reflected itself on the increasing self-reported prevalences of SH and DM, increasing health inequities in a public system that was constituted in a universal and equitable way.

Keywords:

Private health plans. Worker\'s health. Supplementary health insurance

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Cunha, C.L.F, Moreira, J, Oliveira, B.L.C.A., Bahia, Ligia, Luiz, R. R.. Private health plans and the health of workers in Brazil.. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2017/Sep). [Citado em 22/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/private-health-plans-and-the-health-of-workers-in-brazil/16404?id=16404&id=16404



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