Geographical Inequalities in Access to Bellwether Procedures in Brazil.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Brazil is a middle-income country that aims to provide universal health coverage, but its surgical system's efficiency has rarely been analyzed. In an effort to strengthen surgical national systems, the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery proposed bellwether procedures as quality indicators of surgical workforces. This study aims to evaluate regional inequalities in access to bellwether procedures and their associated mortality across the five Brazilian geographical regions.

Methods

Using DATASUS, Brazil's national healthcare database, data were collected on the total amount of performed bellwether procedures-cesarean section, laparotomy, and open fracture management-and their associated mortality, by geographical region. We evaluated the years 2018-2020, both in

SUBMITTER: Faleiro MD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9714764 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature