Francisco Eduardo Campos

Formação de profissionais de saúde no Brasil: uma análise no período de 1991 a 2008

Estudo conduzido com o objetivo de contribuir para o planejamento e implementacao de politicas de qualificacao profissional no campo da saude. Foram analisados 14 cursos de graduacao da area da saude: biomedicina, ciencias biologicas, educacao fisica, enfermagem, farmacia, fisioterapia, fonoaudiologia, medicina, medicina veterinaria, nutricao, odontologia, psicologia, servico social e terapia ocupacional, no periodo de 1991 a 2008. Dados sobre numero de ingressantes, taxa de ocupacao de vagas, distribuicao de concluintes por habitante, genero e renda familiar foram coletados a partir dos bancos do Ministerio da Educacao. Para o curso de medicina, a relacao foi de 40 candidatos por vaga nas instituicoes publicas contra 10 nas privadas. A maioria dos ingressantes era composta por mulheres. A regiao Sudeste concentrou 57% dos concluintes, corroborando o desequilibrio de distribuicao regional das oportunidades de formacao de profissionais de saude e indicando a necessidade de politicas de incentivo a reducao dessas desigualdades.Study conducted to support the planning and implementation of public policies on human health resources. Fourteen undergraduate health courses were analyzed: biomedicine, biological sciences, physical education, nursing, pharmacy, physical therapy, speech and language therapy, medicine, veterinary medicine, nutrition, dentistry, psychology, social work and occupational therapy between 1991 and 2008. Data on number of students admitted, college admission rates, rates of graduating student by inhabitant, gender, geographic area and family income were collected from the Brazilian Ministry of Education database. For medicine undergraduate programs there were 40 applicants per place at public institutions and 10 at private ones. Most students admitted were females. The Southeast region concentrated 57% of graduating students. The study revealed trends that indicates opportunity inequalities in the regional distribution of health professional education, thus supporting the need for policies aimed at reducing such inequalities.

Undergraduate programs for health professionals in Brazil: an analysis from 1991 to 2008.

Estudo conduzido com o objetivo de contribuir para o planejamento e implementacao de politicas de qualificacao profissional no campo da saude. Foram analisados 14 cursos de graduacao da area da saude: biomedicina, ciencias biologicas, educacao fisica, enfermagem, farmacia, fisioterapia, fonoaudiologia, medicina, medicina veterinaria, nutricao, odontologia, psicologia, servico social e terapia ocupacional, no periodo de 1991 a 2008. Dados sobre numero de ingressantes, taxa de ocupacao de vagas, distribuicao de concluintes por habitante, genero e renda familiar foram coletados a partir dos bancos do Ministerio da Educacao. Para o curso de medicina, a relacao foi de 40 candidatos por vaga nas instituicoes publicas contra 10 nas privadas. A maioria dos ingressantes era composta por mulheres. A regiao Sudeste concentrou 57% dos concluintes, corroborando o desequilibrio de distribuicao regional das oportunidades de formacao de profissionais de saude e indicando a necessidade de politicas de incentivo a reducao dessas desigualdades.Study conducted to support the planning and implementation of public policies on human health resources. Fourteen undergraduate health courses were analyzed: biomedicine, biological sciences, physical education, nursing, pharmacy, physical therapy, speech and language therapy, medicine, veterinary medicine, nutrition, dentistry, psychology, social work and occupational therapy between 1991 and 2008. Data on number of students admitted, college admission rates, rates of graduating student by inhabitant, gender, geographic area and family income were collected from the Brazilian Ministry of Education database. For medicine undergraduate programs there were 40 applicants per place at public institutions and 10 at private ones. Most students admitted were females. The Southeast region concentrated 57% of graduating students. The study revealed trends that indicates opportunity inequalities in the regional distribution of health professional education, thus supporting the need for policies aimed at reducing such inequalities.

Recursos humanos e trabalho em saúde: os desafios de uma agenda de pesquisa

This article discusses several key concepts for human resources policy in health in the context of Latin Americas regional integration efforts. The article focuses on different concepts of integration to emphasize the analytical distinction between regional and conceptual integration. It also presents labor and human resources concepts before discussing, in the final analysis, the challenges that a common research agenda faces in the context of current health sector reforms in Latin America. The conclusion emphasizes the need to develop a technology and research system capable of supporting the agenda for exchange between MERCOSUR member countries.

Formación de profesionales de salud en Brasil: un análisis en el período de 1991 a 2008

Estudo conduzido com o objetivo de contribuir para o planejamento e implementacao de politicas de qualificacao profissional no campo da saude. Foram analisados 14 cursos de graduacao da area da saude: biomedicina, ciencias biologicas, educacao fisica, enfermagem, farmacia, fisioterapia, fonoaudiologia, medicina, medicina veterinaria, nutricao, odontologia, psicologia, servico social e terapia ocupacional, no periodo de 1991 a 2008. Dados sobre numero de ingressantes, taxa de ocupacao de vagas, distribuicao de concluintes por habitante, genero e renda familiar foram coletados a partir dos bancos do Ministerio da Educacao. Para o curso de medicina, a relacao foi de 40 candidatos por vaga nas instituicoes publicas contra 10 nas privadas. A maioria dos ingressantes era composta por mulheres. A regiao Sudeste concentrou 57% dos concluintes, corroborando o desequilibrio de distribuicao regional das oportunidades de formacao de profissionais de saude e indicando a necessidade de politicas de incentivo a reducao dessas desigualdades.Study conducted to support the planning and implementation of public policies on human health resources. Fourteen undergraduate health courses were analyzed: biomedicine, biological sciences, physical education, nursing, pharmacy, physical therapy, speech and language therapy, medicine, veterinary medicine, nutrition, dentistry, psychology, social work and occupational therapy between 1991 and 2008. Data on number of students admitted, college admission rates, rates of graduating student by inhabitant, gender, geographic area and family income were collected from the Brazilian Ministry of Education database. For medicine undergraduate programs there were 40 applicants per place at public institutions and 10 at private ones. Most students admitted were females. The Southeast region concentrated 57% of graduating students. The study revealed trends that indicates opportunity inequalities in the regional distribution of health professional education, thus supporting the need for policies aimed at reducing such inequalities.

Contemporary specificities of labour in the health care sector: introductory notes for discussion

BackgroundThis paper combines the literature on public health, on economics of health and on economics of technological innovation to discuss the peculiarities of labour in the health care sector.Method and frameworkThe starting point is the investigation of the economic peculiarities of medical care.Results and discussionsThis investigation leads to the identification of the prevalence of non-market forms of medical care in the countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Furthermore, the health care system has a distinctive characteristic from other economic sectors: it is the intersection between social welfare and innovation systems. The relationship between technological innovation and cost in the health care sector is surveyed. Finally, the Brazilian case is discussed as an example of a developing country.ConclusionThe peculiarities of labour in the health care sector suggest the need to recognize the worth of sectoral labour and to cease to treat it separately. This process should take into account the rapid development of the health innovation system and one important consequence: the obsolescence of the acquired knowledge. One way to dignify labour is to implement continued education and training of health professions personnel.