Brazil’s experiment to expand its medical workforce through private and public schools: Impacts and consequences of the balance of regulatory and market forces in resource-scarce settings

Brazil’s experiment to expand its medical workforce through private and public schools: Impacts and consequences of the balance of regulatory and market forces in resource-scarce settings

Abstract Background There is a global shortage of doctors, and governments worldwide are concerned with expanding national medical workforces to improve services. Since 2013 the Government of Brazil has introduced the Mais Médicos (More Doctors) Legislation (MML), which included policies to liberali...

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Main Authors: Mário Scheffer, Paola Mosquera, Alex Cassenote, Barbara McPake, Giuliano Russo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2025-03-01
Series:Globalization and Health
Subjects:
Physicians
Medical schools
Scaling-up policies
Health workforces
Health markets in LMICs
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-025-01105-8
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