Gastos em saúde pública: estudo nos municípios do COREDE Missões/RS diante da pandemia da Covid-19

Abstract

This work has as its theme to evaluate public spending on health, in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in the municipalities of the region of COREDE Missões/RS, for the construction of the research, it is questioned how public spending in the area of health and the impact of the pandemic on the expenses of the 25 municipalities in this region. To answer this question, the objective was established to evaluate the behavior of public spending on health during the period from 2019 to 2020, in the municipalities of the COREDE Missões/RS region. In order to achieve this objective, the Balance Sheets available on the National Treasury website were used, and expenditures between municipalities were compared. Health expenses paid in 2019 and 2020 were considered, as well as the resources received from the State and the Union, tabulated the data, prepared tables in Excel, and analyzed at work. Based on these data, it can be concluded that 42% of CORED Missões/RS expenses are concentrated in three municipalities (Santo Ângelo, São Luiz Gonzaga and Giruá), and in the sub-functions of Primary Care (approximately 60%) and Outpatient and Hospital Assistance. (approximately 20%), State collaboration data are from 2019 and 2020, while those from the Union are from 2020 and 2021, as federal resources were allocated to municipalities only during the pandemic, being reduced by more than 90 % for 2021, according to the data, there was an increase in expenses resulting from the pandemic in the municipalities.