Dose unitária : sistema de distribuição de medicamentos em hospitais

Trata da dose unitária, sistema de distribuição de medicamentos em hospitais, apontando as vantagens e desvantagens em relação aos outros sistemas. Relata o resultado de diversos estudos sobre a incidência de erros de medicação, a eficiência na utilização dos profissionais, a porcentagem de perdas de medicamentos e o custo dos sistemas.

Life expectancy and human capital investment: the arrival of AIDS treatment in Brazil

This paper provides microevidence on the relationship between life expectancy and educational investment decisions. Human capital theory predicts an increase in life expectancy should lead to an augmenting in schooling investment. This paper uses an unique data set on AIDS patients among Brazilian inhabitants in an attempt to estimate the impact of the arrival of Antiretroviral therapy (ART) on educational outcomes. The availability of ART offsets the negative relationship between vertical HIV-transmission and schooling, around 68% and 57% for elementary and high school completion, respectively. Robustness tests indicate the results are not driven by convergence effects.