2017
DOI: 10.1590/0100-69912017002016
|View full text |Cite
|
Sign up to set email alerts
|

Surgery in Brazilian Health Care: funding and physician distribution

Abstract: A significant part of the local population still faces many difficulties in accessing surgical care, particularly in the north and northeast of the country, where there are fewer hospitals and surgeons. Physicians and surgeons are particularly scarce in the public health system nationwide, and better incentives are needed to ensure an equal public and private workforce.

Help me understand this report

Search citation statements

Order By: Relevance

Paper Sections

Select...
2
1

Citation Types

1
17
0
10

Year Published

2019
2019
2023
2023

Publication Types

Select...
7
2

Relationship

2
7

Authors

Journals

citations
Cited by 18 publications
(28 citation statements)
references
References 5 publications
1
17
0
10
Order By: Relevance
“…Reports from the LCoGS have shown an association between the density of SAO and the rate of surgical procedures or POMRs 2–4. Our data align with recent analyses of surgical care for adults in Brazil which showed wide disparities in manpower and surgical care 11 20. The Brazilian government has long recognised challenges with healthcare delivery across the country, and have implemented several programs to increase primary care access in rural areas 6 9 21…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 85%
“…Reports from the LCoGS have shown an association between the density of SAO and the rate of surgical procedures or POMRs 2–4. Our data align with recent analyses of surgical care for adults in Brazil which showed wide disparities in manpower and surgical care 11 20. The Brazilian government has long recognised challenges with healthcare delivery across the country, and have implemented several programs to increase primary care access in rural areas 6 9 21…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 85%
“…Our data aligns with recent analyses of surgical care for adults in Brazil, which showed wide disparities in manpower and surgical care delivery. [24, 25] The Brazilian government has long recognized challenges with disparities in health care delivery across the country, and have implemented several programs to increase health care access in rural areas, particularly for primary care services. [8, 12, 26] Our data suggests that there is a need to expand surgical care to minimize disparities in care delivery and improve health outcomes for children.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This results in loss of productive lives and reduction of the population's well-being, interfering in the countries' economic development 1 . In addition, there are iniquities of access to anesthetic and surgical care among countries, since in developed countries the guarantee of access to surgery is greater than in low-and middle-income countries, especially in the population belonging to the poorest social strata 1,8,9 . In Brazilian literature, there is a shortage of studies that discuss epidemiological data on access to surgical care [10][11][12] . Among the few, there is a pioneer work covering a period of 13 years (1995-2007), which showed an increasing trend in the number of surgical interventions, related expenses and surgical mortality 10 .…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…These states receive residents of other Brazilian states and keep many of them throughout their professional career.The inadequate distribution of specialized human resources throughout Brazil may be due to the lack of attractiveness to work in the more remote regions. The lack of basic infrastructure in these areas is a barrier to the recruitment of surgical labor11 . In fact, the unequal distribution of the surgical workforce in Brazil certainly contributes to the poor quality of surgical care in certain regions.…”
mentioning
confidence: 99%