Evolução dos gastos públicos em saúde nos municípios do Cariri Ocidental da Paraíba de 2007 a 2014.

Abstract

The present work is part of the effort to identify the revenues of municipalities with transfers from the Unified Health System (SUS), specifically in the municipalities of Amparo, Assunção, Camalaú, Congo, Coxixola, Livramento, Monteiro, Ouro Velho, Parari, Prata, São João do Tigre, São José dos Cordeiros, São Sebastião do Umbuzeiro, Serra Branca, Sumé, Taperoá and Zabelê, which are part of the Western Cariri of Paraíba from 2007 to 2014, as well as to verify the expenses of resources Municipalities, with health by inhabitants, seeking to compare the indices reached in the municipalities studied in the indicated period. It is known that public policies are a set of actions that must be developed by the State, with the participation of the public and the private, aiming to assure the right to citizenship, not forgetting the central objective of it, to make the rulers Promote actions, or even put on their electoral platforms and agendas, that meet existing and emerging demands, to actually meet the needs of society, with actions that positively impact people's lives, providing the common good. Thus, given the relevance of public health expenditures, the following research question arises: how public spending on health has behaved in the Western Cariri of Paraíba over the years? In order to do so, we start with methodological inputs that draw a debate about the aspects that encompass public policies and SUS, such as Souza (2006), Weiller (2014) and Souza & Costa (2010), which refer us to To think about the reality of the municipalities studied, besides the commitment of the State, for the citizens and the guarantee of their rights. The work has descriptive characteristics, with data collection through documentary research, and analysis of secondary data (SIOPS/DATASUS), in 17 (seventeen) municipalities of the Western Cariri of Paraíba. In view of the reality found, it was concluded that public health expenditures in Paraíba's Western Cariri region have evolved over the years, but there is still a lot to be done, and there is a need to implement improvements in this area, seeking to reduce dependence on Transfers.