Data collection on the health-industry complex in Brazil

• Grant number: 19/27160-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: February 01, 2020
• End date: November 30, 2020
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Administration - Public Administration
• Principal Investigator: Elize Massard da Fonseca
• Grantee: Alexandre Handfas
• Host Institution: Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo (EAESP). Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 15/18604-5 - Policies to increase the competitiveness of the pharmaceutical sector: Brazil's experience, AP.JP

Abstract

The student will assist data collection, organization, and analysis of secondary data on Brazil's experience with the health-industry complex. This will include information from different Ministries and credit lines to the pharmaceutical industry, as well as legislation and resolutions on the health-industry complex. In addition, the student will collect information on the preferences of civil society organizations and the pharmaceutical industry on the health-industry complex. The student will receive training on qualitative research methods and data analysis, including process tracing and grounded theory. (AU)