EFICIÊNCIA DOS GASTOS PÚBLICOS EM ASSISTÊNCIA HOSPITALAR: UM ESTUDO NAS CAPITAIS BRASILEIRAS NO PERÍODO DE 2008 A 2010.

The increase in health care costs has been a constant source of concern for managers, as noted need to control spending and improve the allocation of available resources. This research aims at analyzing the efficiency of public spending on hospital care in Brazilian state capitals in the years 2008 to 2010. We used descriptive research, literature, quantitative and qualitative. Data collection was performed at the sites of the National Treasury and the DATASUS. The results revealed that spending on hospital care were, on average, 334.760.928,25 in 2008, 403.151.579,13 in 2009 and 368.373.168,56 in 2010. It was found also that, on average, spending on hospital care per capita capitals surveyed were 175,12 (2008), 199,42 (2009) and 204,80 (2010) and Porto Velho, Boa Vista and Manaus were those with the lowest ratios of this type of expenditure per inhabitant in 2008 and 2009, and in 2010, the capital was Macapa, Manaus and Belém and those with the highest per capita spending in the three years surveyed were Porto Alegre , Campo Grande and Belo Horizonte. We conclude that among the 22 state capitals, 4 of them (Goiânia, João Pessoa, São Paulo and Macapa) were efficient in 2008, 4 (Florianopolis, Joao Pessoa, São Paulo and Macapa) were considered efficient by observing their scores in 2009 and, in 2010, the efficiency was seen in 5 capitals (Florianópolis, Macapa, Manaus, São Luís and São Paulo). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]