Gragnolati, Michele; Lindelow, Magnus; Couttolenc, Bernard - Economics Research, World Bank Group
It has been more than 20 years since Brazil's 1988 Constitution formally established the Unified Health System (Sistema Unico de Saude, SUS). Building on reforms that started in the 1980s, the SUS represented a significant break with the past, establishing health care as a fundamental right and...