Distribuição da força de trabalho: eqüidade e negociação

Miguelote, Vera Regina da Silva; Fortes, Maria Thereza; Fagundes, Marise; Varella, Thereza Christina Mó y Mó Loureiro

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“…The reality around the world is that there are disparities in healthcare, shortages of health workers, and a poor distribution of the existing workforce. Recognizing this fact, many countries are developing joint strategies to assure equitable health care based on global perspectives on health 8,9 . One of the strategies being pursued is the organized migration of health workers from countries with more health professionals to those with a shortage 10,11 .…”

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Mais MÃ©dicos program: provision of medical doctors in rural, remote and socially vulnerable areas of Brazil, 2013-2014

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Introduction: The Mais Médicos program was introduced in 2013 with the aim of reducing the shortage of doctors in priority regions and diminishing regional inequalities in health. One of the strategies has been to offer 3-year contracts for doctors to work in primary healthcare services in small towns, inland, rural, remote, and socially vulnerable areas. This report describes the program's implementation and the allocation of doctors to these target areas in 2014. Methods: To describe the provision of doctors in the first year of implementation, we compared the doctor-to-population ratio in the 5570 municipalities of Brazil before and after the program, based on the Federal Board of Medicine database (2013), and the official dataset provided by the Ministry of Health (2014). Results: In its first public call (July 2013) 3511 municipalities joined the Mais Médicos program, requesting a total of 15 460 doctors; although the program prioritizes the recruitment of Brazilians, only 1096 nationals enrolled and were hired, together with 522 foreign doctors. As a consequence, an international cooperation agreement was set in place to recruit Cuban doctors. In 12 months the program recruited 14 462 doctors: 79.0% Cubans, 15.9% Brazilians and 5.1% of other nationalities, covering 93.5% of the doctors demanded; they were assigned to all the 3785 municipalities enrolled. The study reveals a major decrease in the number of municipalities with fewer than 0.1 doctors per thousand inhabitants, which dropped from 374 in 2013 to 95 in 2014 (75% reduction). Of the total, 294 doctors were sent to work in the country's 34 Indigenous Health Districts (100% coverage) and 3390 doctors were deployed in municipalities containing certified rural maroon communities (formed centuries ago by runaway slaves). After 1 year of implementation, the municipalities with maroon communities with less than 0.1 doctors per © James Cook University 2016, http://www.jcu.edu.au 2 thousand inhabitants were reduced by 87% in the poorest north region. More than 30% of municipalities with maroon communities in the richest regions had more than 1.0 doctors per thousand inhabitants, whereas in the poorest regions fewer than 7% of municipalities reached that level. Conclusions: The Mais Médicos program has granted medical assistance to these historically overlooked populations. However, it is important to evaluate the mid-and long-term sustainability of this initiative.

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Distribuição da força de trabalho: eqüidade e negociação

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Mais MÃ©dicos program: provision of medical doctors in rural, remote and socially vulnerable areas of Brazil, 2013-2014

Mais MÃ©dicos program: provision of medical doctors in rural, remote and socially vulnerable areas of Brazil, 2013-2014

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