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1555/2012 - Identification of Health Priorities: a technical alternative to support the decision-making
Identificação de prioridades em saúde: uma alternativa técnica de apoio à tomada de decisão

Author:

• Marcelo Battesini - Battesini, M. - Santa Maria, RS - Universidade Federal de Santa Maria - <marcelo-battesini@ufsm.br>

Co-author(s):

• Andreas Dittmar Weise - Weise, A. D. - Universidade Federal de Santa Maria - <mail@adweise.de>
• Airton Fischmann - Fischmann, A. - Centro Estadual de Vigilância em Saúde do RS - <airton-fischmann@yahoo.com.br>

Thematic Area:

Planejamento e Gestão em Saúde

Abstract:

The aim of this study is to propose and discuss the application of an Index of Prioritization in Health (PIHealth). The PIHealth is an objective criterion that shows the magnitude of problems and health determinants in planning situations. The PIHealth was used in identifying health priorities in different health administrative regions of Rio Grande do Sul (RS), during the development of the State Health Plan 2009-2011. The calculation of IPSaúde allowed to express the indicators analyzed in the same range (0 to 1) used to identify regional priorities (poor, 0 to 0.4, average 0.41 and 0.69, and appropriate, 0.7 to 1). The application of the index helped in identifying the magnitude relational of health problems based on an internal reference to the analyzed territories. The index employment was a technical option in identifying priorities which provided a simplification in the language used to express health problems and determinants. Its discretionary power and the intuitive singleness of its reading showed that PIHealth is a promising tool, providing objective answers to key questions frequently put in health planning contexts.

Keywords:

Health Priorities Decision Support Techniques Health Planning Health Management Health Status Indicators

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Battesini, M., Weise, A. D., Fischmann, A.. Identification of Health Priorities: a technical alternative to support the decision-making. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2012/Sep). [Citado em 27/09/2024]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/identification-of-health-priorities-a-technical-alternative-to-support-the-decisionmaking/11193



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