OBJECTIVE: to propose and present a stratification of Brazilian municipalities into homogeneous groups for evaluation studies of health management performance. METHODS: this was a methodological study, with selected indicators which classify municipalities according to conditions that influence the health management and population size; data for the year 2010 were collected from demographic and health databases; correlation tests and factor analysis were used. RESULTS: seven strata were identified - Large-sized; Medium-sized with favorable, regular or unfavorable influences; and Small-sized with favorable, regular or unfavorable influences -; there was a concentration of municipalities with favorable influences in strata with better purchasing power and funding, as well as a concentration of municipalities with unfavorable influences in the North and Northeast regions. CONCLUSION: the proposed classification grouped similar municipalities regarding influential factors in health management, which allowed the identification of comparable groups of municipalities, setting up a consistent alternative to performance evaluation studies.
OBJECTIVE: to propose and present a stratification of Brazilian municipalities into homogeneous groups for evaluation studies of health management performance. METHODS: this was a methodological study, with selected indicators which classify municipalities according to conditions that influence the health management and population size; data for the year 2010 were collected from demographic and health databases; correlation tests and factor analysis were used. RESULTS: seven strata were identified - Large-sized; Medium-sized with favorable, regular or unfavorable influences; and Small-sized with favorable, regular or unfavorable influences -; there was a concentration of municipalities with favorable influences in strata with better purchasing power and funding, as well as a concentration of municipalities with unfavorable influences in the North and Northeast regions. CONCLUSION: the proposed classification grouped similar municipalities regarding influential factors in health management, which allowed the identification of comparable groups of municipalities, setting up a consistent alternative to performance evaluation studies.
Authors: Marcela Bergamini; Pedro Henrique Iora; Thiago Augusto Hernandes Rocha; Yolande Pokam Tchuisseu; Amanda de Carvalho Dutra; João Felipe Herman Costa Scheidt; Oscar Kenji Nihei; Maria Dalva de Barros Carvalho; Catherine Ann Staton; João Ricardo Nickenig Vissoci; Luciano de Andrade Journal: PLoS One Date: 2020-12-10 Impact factor: 3.240
Authors: Igor Silva Campos; Vinícius Ferreira Aratani; Karina Baltor Cabral; Jean Ezequiel Limongi; Stefan Vilges de Oliveira Journal: Front Public Health Date: 2021-04-13