Healthcare system capacity of the municipalities in the State of Rio de Janeiro: infrastructure to confront COVID-19

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Giuliano Alves Borges e
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Saraiva, Ernani Viana, Ferreira, Guilherme José Santos Nunes, Peixoto Junior, Rogério de Mesquita, Ferreira, Luiz Felipe
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Revista de Administração Pública
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.fgv.br/rap/article/view/81874
• topic: COVID-19; pandemic curve; healthcare system capacity; structure efficiency index (IEE); municipalities of the State of Rio de Janeiro.; COVID-19; curva pandémica; capacidad del sistema de salud; índice de eficiencia de estructura (IEE); ciudades del estado de Río de Janeiro.; COVID-19; curva de pandemia; capacidade do sistema de saúde; Índice de Eficiência em Estrutura (IEE); cidades do estado do Rio de Janeiro.

Considering the growing number of cases requiring emergency care as a result of SARS-CoV-2 in the Brazilian State of Rio de Janeiro, this study focuses on mapping the health infrastructure of the municipalities of the state, comparing the Structure Efficiency Index (IEE) before (2016) and after the COVID-19 pandemic. The article fills a gap in the academic literature, informing public health policies specialists and technicians, as well as policy and decision-makers, about the capacity of municipalities to face the problem. We calculated the Structure Efficiency Index (IEE) of the states’ 92 municipalities and positioned them on the pandemic curve. It was possible to verify that the government of the State of Rio de Janeiro needs to start acting to suppress COVID-19, maintaining the policy of providing more hospital beds, and purchasing equipment. However, it is also necessary to consider the particularities and deficiencies of each region, as the policy to transfer patients to places with available beds can contribute to the spread of the disease.