Analyzing the Allocation of Health Resources in the Municipality of Itumbiara

Abstract

The present work arises from the need to demonstrate and draw the population's attention to the allocation of health budget resources in the County of Itumbiara. With the advent of the democratization of access to information, there is a need to demonstrate the efficiency in the application of public resources in services provided by the government, as the analysis of the benefits of official data serves to contemplate the particularities experienced by a population. Cross-sectional research of quantitative data for qualitative analysis, aiming to demonstrate from the analysis of budget data whether the management of financial resources met the expectations observed after processing the data in a mathematical model. The present methodology was based on bibliographical research as a mean to identify relevant legislation and regulations and the collection of health data in DataSUS. The data was collected using statistical inference and linear regression, resulting in a health expenditure value per inhabitant for the year 2019, close to that collected out by the county’s government. The analysis of the material produced offers conditions to propose improvements in the allocation of resources, in the Budget Laws, which are intended for the municipal health department and to develop tools to help managers understand about the financial of this decision-making system that directly reflects among people’s lives. The interaction of economic factors in relation to actions carried out in health of the city of Itumbiara-GO can generate results such as reduce expenses and greater efficiency in the services provided to the community.