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Home / Archives for Hartz ZM

An exploratory study of the costs and consequences of prenatal care in the Family Health Program.

  • Authors: Frias PG, Hartz ZM, Samico IC, Vidal SA
  • Journal: Revista de Saúde Pública
  • Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=An+exploratory+study+of+the+costs+and+consequences+of+prenatal+care+in+the+Family+Health+Program

OBJECTIVE:
To assess costs and consequences of prenatal care on perinatal morbidity and mortality.
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Adequacy of prenatal care in the National Health System in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  • Authors: Dias MA, Domingues RM, Hartz ZM, Leal Mdo C
  • Journal: Cadernos de Saúde Pública
  • Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Adequacy+of+prenatal+care+in+the+National+Health+System+in+the+city+of+Rio+de+Janeiro%2C+Brazil.

The persistence of negative perinatal outcomes in Rio de Janeiro suggests problems in the quality of prenatal care. The most recent study in the city showed that only 38% of prenatal care was adequate.
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Evaluating the implementation of Information System on Live Births in municipalities of Minas Gerais, Brazil

  • Authors: de Loyola Filho AI, de Meira AJ, Guimarães EA, Hartz ZM, Luz ZM
  • Journal: Cadernos de Saúde Pública
  • Link: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2013001000026

This study evaluated the degree of implementation of the Information System on Live Births (SINASC) and its relationship to the organizational context in municipalities (counties) of Minas Gerais State, Brazil, in 2010.
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Meta-evaluation of baseline studies of the Brazilian Family Health Strategy Expansion Project: a participatory and formative approach.

  • Authors: Dias AL, Figueiró AC, Hartz ZM, Thuler LC
  • Journal: Cadernos de Saúde Pública
  • Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Meta-evaluation+of+baseline+studies+of+the+Brazilian+Family+Health+Strategy+Expansion+Project%3A+a+participatory+and+formative+approach

A participatory, formative meta-evaluation of baseline studies in Brazil is presented. International standards recommended by associations of evaluators were used, along with “specificity” criteria built up using the terms of reference for proposals for the selection of studies.
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Death from dengue fever as a sentinel event for evaluation of quality of healthcare: a case study in two municipalities in Northeast Brazil, 2008.

  • Authors: Braga C, Brito CA, Cazarin G, Cesse EÂ, Figueiró AC, Hartz ZM, Samico I, Siqueira Filha NT
  • Journal: Cadernos de Saúde Pública
  • Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Death+from+dengue+fever+as+a+sentinel+event+for+evaluation+fo+quality+of+healthcare%3A+a+case+study+in+two+municipalities+in+Northeast+Brazil%2C+2008

Despite the existing resources for adequate dengue patient care in the Brazilian healthcare system, the case-fatality rate for the disease is still high in the country.
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