A POLÍTICA NACIONAL DE ATENÇÃO BÁSICA NO PIAUÍ: uma análise com foco na equidade

Abstract

The implementation of the National Policy of Primary Care in Piauí State was analyzed with the objective to discuss equity to access health, in 2006 to 2011, taking the allocation of federal resources and access to Primary Health Care, especially medical appointments for the general population, children and pregnant women. Was used descriptive statistics to analyze municipal indicators aggregated into quintiles of household income. The study analyzed the evolution of federal transfers for the Primary Health Care in Piauí and used a linear regression model to estimate the effect of socioeconomic parameters on the allocation of federal resources. It has been found improving in the evaluated access indicators but the main change was the increased availability of federal resources for the municipalities, especially in the variable component financing of Primary Health Care. It was not possible to identify association between the federal transfers and the analyzed socioeconomic criteria for an equitable allocation based on the socioeconomic indicators.

Keywords

• health policy
• sus
• primary health care
• health financing
• equity