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Equity in the coverage of health expenses by the Brazilian Unified Health System for people with signs of common mental disorders in the city of São Paulo

@inproceedings{RibeiroI2018EquityIT,
  title={Equity in the coverage of health expenses by the Brazilian Unified Health System for people with signs of common mental disorders in the city of S{\~a}o Paulo},
  author={Melck Kelly Piastrelli RibeiroI and Reinaldo Jos{\'e} GianiniII and Mois{\'e}s GoldbaumIII and Chester Luiz Galv{\~a}o CesarIV},
  year={2018},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:52072235}
}
Among people with signs of common mental disorders, SUS mainly services and covers the expenses of the poorer population with lower educational level; therefore coverage is unequal and favors who needs it the most.
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