Analysis of intermunicipal journeys for cardiac surgery in Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS): an approach based on network theory.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The transformation of data into information is important to support decision making and, thus, to induce improvements in healthcare services. The regionalized organization of healthcare systems is necessary to ensure the integrity of citizen care. From this perspective, the creation of mechanisms to guide and assess the behavior of a healthcare services network becomes necessary. However, these mechanisms must consider the interaction between different municipalities. The objective of this study is to apply network analysis as a supporting tool in the Brazilian Unified Health System (Sistema Único de Saúde-SUS) management.

Methods

The stages of the proposed method are described and applied in a real situation, analyzing the intermunicipal interaction network for

SUBMITTER: Sousa LMO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10022046 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature