A geografia dos serviços e equipamentos da saúde: a expansão das “clínicas médicas populares” no Centro em Fortaleza – CE

• Autor(a) principal: Godoy, Claudiana Viana
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)
• Texto Completo: http://www.repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/16885
• topic: Geografia urbana; Serviços de saúde; Clínicas médicas - Fortaleza (CE); Health services

From the first decade of this century, there is a relevant phenomenon in Fortaleza Center: the expansion of popular medical clinics, private establishments that perform low-complexity procedures such as consultations, exams and health treatments aimed at low-income population. These new forms of medical care are associated with strong demand of a population seeking health services in public hospitals and is not answered, forming a pent-up demand. The insertion of the popular health services revealed a new scene to the Centro neighborhood through soil recovery and rescue areas before depreciated. Therefore, this study aimed to understand the relationship between the insertion of popular medical clinics and deficiencies present in the Unified Health System (SUS), based on authors who deal with the socio-spatial dynamics in urban geography and the distribution of health services network in the country. The research discusses the position of state health on the national scene, the regional influence of health services in Fortaleza, the importance of popular clinics on the precariousness of the public health system and the recent pattern of changes in Brazilian household consumption, in addition to addressing the refunctionalization Center neighborhood driven by the installation of the popular medical clinics.