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0449/2016 - Trend Analysis of claim rate and impact in the reducing of the number of healthcare providers in Brazil
Análise de Tendência da Sinistralidade e Impacto na Diminuição do Número de Operadoras de Saúde Suplementar no Brasil

Author:

• Ângelo Augusto da Silva Araújo - Araújo, Ângelo Augusto da Silva - UNIVERSIDAD DE CIENCIAS EMPRESARIALES Y SOCIALES, Salud Pública - <angeloaugusto@hotmail.com> +

Co-author(s):

• José Rodrigo Santos Silva - Santos Silva, José Rodrigo - Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Departamento de Estatística e Ciências Atuáriais - <rodrigo.ufs@gmail.com>

Thematic Area:

Planejamento e Gestão em Saúde

Abstract:

The production cycle of the healthcare industry consists of several players: health plan operators, providers, beneficiaries and outside the government. Lately it has emerged alarming data on the part of health care providers on the increase of claim rate and their potential risk. This is a descriptive study, with the objective to understand the changes in the healthcare providers sector in recent years, using the temporal analysis of historical series related to the sector. The variables selects for this study were the claim rate, the coverage rate, and the number of healthcare providers in activity, observed on the period between 2003 to 2014. The method used for evaluation of the temporal trend was Linear Regression. The claim rate and the coverage rate show an upward trend in the period, while the number of operators in Brazil showed a decreasing trend during the same period. These results show that even with the increase in demand, there was a decrease in the number of operators active in the country. The claim rate is one of the possible causes of observed this inverse relationship because your increased offers risks of survival and the opening of new operators. Moreover, the decrease in the number of providers, is leading the country to an oligopolistic industry with an increasing demand in the number of beneficiaries. This decrease is also associated with regulatory pro

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claim ratehealthcaretendency analyzes

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Araújo, Ângelo Augusto da Silva, Santos Silva, José Rodrigo. Trend Analysis of claim rate and impact in the reducing of the number of healthcare providers in Brazil. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2016/Oct). [Citado em 22/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/trend-analysis-of-claim-rate-and-impact-in-the-reducing-of-the-number-of-healthcare-providers-in-brazil/15875?id=15875&id=15875



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