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Recent changes of the Brazilian Public Health System federal financing: primary health

The article presents a revision on the financing policy of the basic attention, along the prosecute of Public Health System (SUS) implementation, having the Family Health Strategy as propulsive element of the strong observed expansion in this attention component to the health. It argues the role of the Operational Rules of SUS, especially of the Basic Operational Norma-NOB 01/96 and the Basic Attention Floor (PAB) while mark for investments enlargement in the basic attention and the importance of the constitutional amendment 29, while important legal instrument for investments increment of the three government's levels in the health. Given starting from supplied by national data banks, it analyzes the evolution of the financial values transferred fund thoroughly for the municipal districts, their populations´ corrections and criteria incorporation for inequalities correction. It highlights the administration federal level strong inductor role of SUS, who by means of financing new mechanisms guaranteed coverage strong expansion of the basic attention, through the family health teams and professionals' incorporation of buccal health, in this assistance level.

Decentralization; SUS (BR); Primary health care; Health financing


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