Abstract:Objectives: to analyze the influence of privatization and geographic inequalities in the distribution and expansion of higher education in nursing in Brazil. Methods: a cross-sectional study, with online data of 1,244 courses and 190,610 nursing vacancies, started between 1890 and 2019. Proportions were estimated and differences were verified with statistical tests (α=5%), vacancy rate per 10,000 inhabitants and private ratio/public. Results: there was an accelerated, disorderly and heterogeneous growth in t… Show more
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