Academic Journals

"The role of primary healthcare amid the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from the Family Health Strategy in Brazil" (joint  with  Adriano Dutra Teixeira, Fernando Antonio Slaibe Postali, Maria Dolores Montoya Diaz and  Rodrigo Moreno-Serra). Social Science & Medicine, online version, 2024. (link)

"Is primary health care worth it in the long-run? Evidence from Brazil", (joint  with  Adriano Dutra Teixeira, Maria Dolores Montoya Diaz, Fernando Antonio Slaibe Postali,  Rodrigo Moreno-Serra and James Love-Koh). Health Economics, online version, 2023. (link)

"The Brazilian Family Health Strategy and adult health: Evidence from individual and local data for metropolitan areas" (joint with  Fernando Antonio Slaibe Postali, Maria Dolores Montoya Diaz, Adriano Dutra Teixeira and  Rodrigo Moreno-Serra). Economics & Human Biology, v. 46, 2022. (link) 

"Assessment of the Association between the Brazilian Family Health Strategy and Adult Mortality"  (joint with  Fernando Antonio Slaibe Postali, Maria Dolores Montoya Diaz, Adriano Dutra Teixeira and  Rodrigo Moreno-Serra). Health Policy and Planning, v. 37, 2022. (link) 

"Primary care coverage and individual health: evidence from a likelihood model using biomarkers in Brazil" (joint with  Fernando Antonio Slaibe Postali, Maria Dolores Montoya Diaz, Adriano Dutra Teixeira and  Rodrigo Moreno-Serra). BMC Health Services Research, v. 21, 2021. (Open Access) 

"Unemployment, drugs and attitudes among European youth" (joint with Sara Ayllón). Journal of Health Economics, v. 57, 2018. (Open Access) 

"`Mommy, I miss daddy?. The effect of family structure on children's health in Brazil"  (joint with Sara Ayllón). Economics & Human Biology, v. 19, 2015. (link) 

Work in progress 

"Government purchase of medicines: the price payed upon Brazilian Partnerships for Productive Development (PPDs)"   - submitted 

"Effect of the pandemic on Brazilian health spending and its distribution among SUS ",  (joint with Gustavo Fernandes, Blenda  Pereira, Antonio Carlos Junior and Daniel Faleiros)

"ESF workforce turnover and the program financing mechanism" (joint with Fernando Antonio Slaibe Postali, Maria Dolores Montoya Diaz, Adriano Dutra Teixeira, and  Rodrigo Moreno-Serra).