Guilherme Rodrigues Barbosa

Distribuição do investimento público na assistência fisioterapêutica ambulatorial, Brasil, 2000 a 2006

INTRODUCTION: The study of the distribution of financial resources within the physiotherapy activities in the sphere of SUS is an important tool for management services as well as financial, human and physical resources. OBJECTIVE: To determine the profile of distribution of resources to cover costs of physical therapy sessions in a secondary level of health care in different Brazilian geographic areas. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Time series analysis of physical therapy session payments in the secondary level was accomplished from 2000 to 2006. Data were collected from DATASUS website. Per capita analysis was performed based on population information provided by IBGE. Descriptive analysis and Pearsons correlation were carried out. RESULTS: Northeast region showed the greatest per capita investment in the studied period (R

Impacto da lombalgia nas atividades de vida diária e na qualidade de vida de gestantes

0.4713), while the North region had the smallest one (R

ATUAÇÃO DAS EQUIPES DE TRABALHO EM FISIOTERAPIA: UMA PROPOSTA DE INTEGRAÇÃO ENTRE ESTUDANTES PARA ATUAÇÃO EFETIVA NA ATENÇÃO PRIMÁRIA À SAÚDE

0.2834). From 2000 to 2006, the citys financial investments in this field increased in all Brazilian regions and the total of resources used to afford physical therapy sessions costs was increased. CONCLUSION: The investment of resources in physical therapy in a secondary level of health care showed different patterns different Brazilian geographic areas.