Análise das atividades desenvolvidas nos consórcios públicos de saúde: um estudo na região de Cascavel-CE

Abstract

The health care system is one of the public services that receive more investments from federal agencies. However, due to lack of control and resource management nowadays is increasing dissatisfaction of the population especially in small towns since they have no structure and neither financial resource to afford the high costs required to provide this service. Based on this scenario, the Government of the State of Ceará through the implementation of a new structure of the health care system has been trying to reverse this situation. With the creation of multi clinics and centers of dental care, the State in a partnership with municipalities established a public consortium would be the best alternative for this system could work effectively and efficiently. The main purpose of this study is to analyze the activities of the Public Health Consortium of the Region of Cascavel in Ceará State, this is an exploratory research with a qualitative approach based on the techniques of bibliographical and documental research using also an interview. The results indicate that there are several contributions of the Public Health Consortium in the Region of Cascavel (CPSRCAS) for the improvement of health services in seven cities (little towns) covering among others a quality management based on reductions and sharing all costs in a fair way using a proportional way based on the circumstances and individual characteristics of each consortium member, playing a fundamental role in the control and also in the use of public resources.