Desempenho da saúde pública no semiárido brasileiro

Abstract

Health plays a key role for sustainable development. Populations living in healthy environments are healthier and more productive and are better able to promote and sustain economic, social and environmental development. The general objective of this study is to analyze the public health performance in the Brazilian semiarid region. The specific objectives are: to characterize the region in relation to indicators of human and financial resources, comprehensive health care for women and children, risk reduction and health problems for the population, potential access to basic health care, access in medium and high complexity outpatient and hospital care, in the effectiveness of basic care and in health expenditure, and to calculate the Health Development Index (IDS). Data were obtained through the Information System for Monitoring Water Quality for Human Consumption (SISAGUA), Department of Information Technology of SUS (DATASUS) and Information System on Public Budgets in Health (SIOPS) for the year 2011. The treatment of the data was carried out with the techniques of factorial analysis and analysis of conglomerates. Based on the results of IDS, it can be concluded that the majority of municipalities in the semiarid region show low health development. A tiny minority of the municipalities of the region is framed in the middle and high health development bands.