Equidad en la salud: evaluación de políticas públicas en Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil, 1993-1997
AUTOR(ES)
Junqueira, Virginia, Pessoto, Umberto Catarino, Kayano, Jorge, Nascimento, Paulo Roberto, Castro, Iracema Ester do Nascimento, Rocha, Jucilene Leite da, Terence, Marcelo Fernando, Boaretto, Roberta Cristina, Ibanhes, Lauro Cesar, Cortizo, Carlos Tato, Heimann, Luiza Sterman
FONTE
Cadernos de Saúde Pública
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2002-08
RESUMO
This article evaluates government measures to reduce inequity in the health sector in Belo Horizonte from 1993 to 1997. Our hypothesis is that a municipal administration committed to equity can reduce disparities in health with the support of the Unified National Health System (SUS). The methodology used an urban quality of life index in Belo Horizonte to detect social inequalities in living conditions, as well as differences between the component indices in the infant mortality rate. Other municipal measures were assessed according to the investment resulting from the implementation of a participatory local budget and open planning process. The urban quality of life index appeared to be an appropriate measure for orienting municipal administration. The infant mortality rate proved to be a good indicator for measuring inequality in health. There was a reduction in IMR and mortality reducing gaps in the districts studied. We observed greater investment of physical and financial resources in the districts with the lowest urban quality of life index, and it can thus be stated that the municipal administration reduced the prevailing inequalities.
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