Bolsa Família Program and deaths from oral cancer in Brazil: an ecological study.

Objective: To assess the effect of coverage of the Bolsa Família Program (BFP) on oral cancer mortality rates in Brazil between 2005 and 2017, adjusting for health care coverage and socioeconomic characteristics of the Brazilian federative units.

Methods: This is an ecological study using annual data (2005-2017) from all the Brazilian federative units. The dependent variable for this study was the oral cancer mortality rate, standardized by gender and age using the direct standardization technique.

Spatiotemporal analysis of hospital admissions for primary care-sensitive conditions in women and children in the first 1000 days of life.

Objective: To analyze the spatiotemporal distribution of hospital admission rates for primary care-sensitive conditions (PCSC) in women and children in the first 1000 days of life in Brazil.

Methods: Ecological study, with spatiotemporal analyses, using secondary data from Brazilian municipalities. PCSC in women, related to prenatal care and childbirth, and in children under two years old, from 2008 to 2019 were used to characterize trends and formations of spatiotemporal clusters/outliers.

Are Primary Health Care Features Associated with Reduced Late Neonatal Mortality in Brazil? An Ecological Study.

Objective: To analyze the effect and efficiency of the characteristics of PHC facilities' structures and the work process of PHC teams on late neonatal mortality (LNM).

Methods: This ecological time-series study adopted 3.764 Brazilian municipalities as analysis units.