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Healthcare system capacity of the municipalities in the State of Rio de Janeiro: infrastructure to confront COVID-19

2020; FUNDAÇÃO GETÚLIO VARGAS; Volume: 54; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/0034-761220200128x

1982-3134

Giuliano Alves Borges e Silva, Ernani Viana Saraiva, Guilherme José Santos Nunes Ferreira, Rogério de Mesquita Peixoto, Luiz Felipe Ferreira,

Healthcare Systems and Reforms

Abstract Considering the growing number of cases requiring emergency care as a result of SARS-CoV-2 in the Brazilian State of Rio de Janeiro, this study focuses on mapping the health infrastructure of the municipalities of the state, comparing the Structure Efficiency Index (IEE) before (2016) and after the COVID-19 pandemic. The article fills a gap in the academic literature, informing public health policies specialists and technicians, as well as policy and decision-makers, about the capacity of municipalities to face the problem. We calculated the Structure Efficiency Index (IEE) of the states’ 92 municipalities and positioned them on the pandemic curve. It was possible to verify that the government of the State of Rio de Janeiro needs to start acting to suppress COVID-19, maintaining the policy of providing more hospital beds, and purchasing equipment. However, it is also necessary to consider the particularities and deficiencies of each region, as the policy to transfer patients to places with available beds can contribute to the spread of the disease.