Brazil's health system functionality amidst of the COVID-19 pandemic: An analysis of resilience.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As of December 31, 2020, Brazil had the second-highest burden of COVID-19 worldwide. Given the absence of federal government coordination, it was up to the local governments to maintain healthcare provision for non-COVID health issues. In this descriptive study, we aimed to discuss the SUS functionality and resilience, describing the impact of the pandemic on non-COVID health services delivery while considering the regional inequalities of the allocation of financing health system, health infrastructure and health workforce.

Methods

We used input-output framework based on the World Health Organization (WHO) Health System Building Blocks to estimate health system functionality and resilience. An ecological assessment was designed to calculated mean relative changes

SUBMITTER: Bigoni A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8896985 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature