Healthcare system capacity of the municipalities in the State of Rio de Janeiroinfrastructure to confront COVID-19

Resumo

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.

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Tipo

Artigo científico

Ano

2020

Instituição

Escola Brasileira de Administração Pública e de Empresas da Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV EBAPE)

Fonte

Revista de Administração Pública

Idioma

Português

Acesso

Não informado

DOI

10.1590/0034-761220200128

Identificador

oai:ojs.periodicos.fgv.br:article/81874

Licença

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Temas

Planejamento UrbanoSaúde

Palavras-chave

COVID-19pandemic curvehealthcare system capacitystructure efficiency index (IEE)municipalities of the State of Rio de Janeiro.curva pandémicacapacidad del sistema de saludíndice de eficiencia de estructura (IEE)ciudades del estado de Río de Janeiro.curva de pandemiacapacidade do sistema de saúdeÍndice de Eficiência em Estrutura (IEE)cidades do estado do Rio de Janeiro.