The project aimed at verifying whether the Basic Health Care Floor (PAB) would have favored a reduction of inequalities (funding and use of services) among the municipalities of an economic and social heterogeneous state of the Brazilian federation. The increase of resources applied to basic health care, occurred with the PAB introduction, has made possible a redistribution of resources favorable to the poorest region in the state and to the smaller population municipalities. Actually, the variation of the per capita values of the federal transfers to basic health care between 1997 and 2000 presented itself negatively associated to the production of health services and to the municipalities' expenditure capacity in 1997. The correlation between the municipal values of the per capita PAB in 1997 and 2000 and the variables that reflect health need showed that the changes introduced leaned towards benefiting the municipalities with greater health need, which could considered pro-equity.
Inequalities; Equity; Resource allocation; Basic health care; PAB
