Spatial distribution and temporal trend of National Health System and Supplemental Health Sector human resources, Brazil, 2005-2016

Author(s)

Campoy, Laura Terenciani ; Vieira Ramos, Antonio Carlos ; Limirio Souza, Ludmilla Leidianne ; Alves, Luana Seles ; Moraes Arcoverde, Marcos Augusto ; Berra, Thais Zamboni ; Arroyo, Luiz Henrique ; dos Santos, Danielle Talita ; Arcencio, Ricardo Alexandre

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: EPIDEMIOLOGIA E SERVICOS DE SAUDE; v. 29, n. 2, p. 12-pg., 2020-01-01.

Abstract

Objective: to analyze the spatial distribution and temporal trend of human resources for the Brazilian National Health System (SUS) and the Supplemental Health sector. Methods: an ecological study was conducted in the country's 27 Federative Units (FUs); SUS Information Technology Department (DATASUS) data were used relating to the doctor, dental surgeon, nurse and nursing technician personnel categories for the period 2005-2016; Prais-Winsten regression was used to assess the time trend. Results: there was an rising trend of Supplemental Health Sector human resources in all personnel categories, with an mean annual increase of 0.054 (95%CI: 0.031;0.076); with regard to SUS, there was an increase in dental surgeons and nursing technicians, with annual increases of 0.008 (95%CI: 0.003;0.011), and 0.066 (95%CI 0.022; 0.087), respectively, while in most FU, nurses showed a stationary trend and doctors showed a stationary or falling trend. Conclusion: inequalities were found in human resource distribution, reflecting the health system crisis. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 17/11040-4 - Determinants of drug-resistant Tuberculosis in the State of São Paulo: an approach with R-INLA
• Grantee: Luiz Henrique Arroyo
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• FAPESP's process: 18/03700-7 - The impact of gene Xpert MTB/RIF in the detection of Tuberculosis and Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis and its spatial pattern in Ribeirão Preto-SP
• Grantee: Thaís Zamboni Berra
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate