This thesis serves to investigate the varying effects of public health-care expenditure and private health-care expenditure on economic growth in developed and developing countries. I have contributed to the literature by using an expansive geographical dataset, lagged variables to address endogeneity, and model averaging techniques. I do so by first addressing the issue of model uncertainty, which is inherent in growth studies, by using Bayesian Model Averaging as the method of analysis in the thesis. Examination of 126 countries (32 developed and 94 developing) in the period 2000-2018 reveals that there is no variation in the impact of public health expenditure on economic growth between developed and developing countries. Contrary to public health expenditure, private health expenditure has a varying impact on both developed and developing countries. My analysis also reveals that the results hold when lagged variables are used in the model. Public health expenditure has unanimously a negative effect on economic growth in both developed and developing countries. Private health expenditure, on the other hand, has a positive impact on economic growth in developed and developing countries. Furthermore, I found that the results are robust to different model specifications. JEL Classification I15, O11,...

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Boston University / PLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis or dissertation. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu. Thank you. / The aim of this dissertation is to explain how elective surgery patients choose between the public and private hospital sectors in the United Kingdom, and to analyze government policy changes which affect this choice. First the choice between the public and private sectors is modeled for the case where there is no private insurance available. The model takes into account the different rationing mechanisms used by National Health Service (NHS) and private hospitals to allocate surgery among patients. Private hospitals charge a price and ration on the basis of willingness to pay , while NHS hospitals , which face budget limits, ration on the basis of clinical need and require patients to wait for surgery. Consequently, a patient's choice of sector depends on her income and her level of clinical need. A simulation model is used to compare the efficiency and equity of two policy measures designed to raise the number of people receiving elective surgery : an increase in NHS funding and a subsidy to the price of private surgery. The subsidy is shown to be more efficient and the NHS funding increase more equitable. Within the same framework an expected utility model of the demand for private health insurance is developed. Two cases are analyzed: the case where individuals have no information about their future need for elective surgery and the case where they have partial information. In each case it is shown that for a given insurance premium there is a threshold level of income above which people buy insurance. It is also shown by simulation that in each case the insurance company can set a premium that allows it to break even. Finally the two models are combined. This enables the efficiency and equity of an increase in NHS funding, a subsidy to private care and a subsidy to private insurance to be compared in a situation where some private patients have insurance to cover the cost of their surgery. The NHS funding increase is shown to be most equitable , and depending on the definition of efficiency chosen, one of the two subsidies is most efficient. / 2031-01-01

Esta tese analisa a trajetória, os desafios e as perspectivas da regulação em saúde suplementar, contextualizados num ambiente de grandes transformações do papel dos Estados nacionais e das relações entre a Economia e a Política no âmbito mundial e no Brasil. As interrelações entre economia e política são a base para importantes mudanças no papel do Estado brasileiro, do arcabouço regulatório e da regulação da saúde suplementar em particular. A tese tem início com o desenvolvimento de uma análise sobre o panorama político e econômico mundial, de modo a identificar suas influências sobre o Brasil e o setor de saúde brasileiro. À luz deste arcabouço analítico, é desenvolvido um detalhamento retrospectivo dos principais normativos que compuseram a regulação em saúde suplementar, editados por intermédio da Agência Nacional de Saúde Suplementar ANS. Para tanto, foi construído um banco de dados que servirá não apenas para a pesquisa da tese, mas para outros trabalhos a serem desenvolvidos posteriormente. O estudo desse material permitiu identificar uma trajetória da saúde suplementar marcada por três diferentes tônicas, que tem se desdobrado a partir da cena das grandes transformações mundiais. As conclusões aqui obtidas sobre a trajetória da regulação foram ainda apreciadas, por meio de pesquisa com todos os atuais e antigos dirigentes da ANS. Adiante, foi realizada uma breve análise dos efeitos produzidos por cada uma das tônicas anteriormente descritas, bem como discutidos os principais desafios que se colocam na ordem do dia na agenda da saúde suplementar no Brasil. É interessante destacar que discussão da perspectiva futura da regulação da saúde suplementar no Brasil se dá sobre um pano de fundo de profundas transformações no plano da política e das relações de hegemonia e poder na esfera global. Por fim, o trabalho aqui apresentado tem a finalidade de contribuir para o desenvolvimento do tema e sugerir aperfeiçoamentos de modo a aprimorar o planejamento, a gestão e a regulação da saúde suplementar, buscando relações público-privadas mais harmoniosas e eficientes no tocante à assistência e promoção da saúde. / This thesis analyzes the trajectory, challenges and prospects of private health insurance regulation in Brazil in a context of changing of hegemony and relationship between economics and politics. This scenario of economy and political change is the basis for the Brazilian State agenda on health regulation. This work analyzes the worlds economic and political landscape in order to identify its influence on Brazil and on the Brazilian healthcare industry. Based on this framework, we develop a retrospective analysis of the major private health insurance regulatory policies enacted by the Brazilian National Health Agency ANS. In this way, a database was built not only for research thesis, but also for later studies. Subsequent analytical study has identified three different waves in the Brazilian regulation trajectory. Results were, then, checked by all current and former ANS directors. This work, also analyses the effects of those three waves and discusses the main challenges of health insurance regulation agenda in Brazil. It is worth noting that discussions of future regulatory policies in Brazil take place on the grounds of critical changes in policy, power and hegemony over the world. Lastly, this work provides contribution to the development of the theme and suggests enhancements to improve planning, management and regulation of health, seeking more harmonious and efficient public-private relations in the field of disease prevention and health promotion.

Esta tese analisa a trajetória, os desafios e as perspectivas da regulação em saúde suplementar, contextualizados num ambiente de grandes transformações do papel dos Estados nacionais e das relações entre a Economia e a Política no âmbito mundial e no Brasil. As interrelações entre economia e política são a base para importantes mudanças no papel do Estado brasileiro, do arcabouço regulatório e da regulação da saúde suplementar em particular. A tese tem início com o desenvolvimento de uma análise sobre o panorama político e econômico mundial, de modo a identificar suas influências sobre o Brasil e o setor de saúde brasileiro. À luz deste arcabouço analítico, é desenvolvido um detalhamento retrospectivo dos principais normativos que compuseram a regulação em saúde suplementar, editados por intermédio da Agência Nacional de Saúde Suplementar ANS. Para tanto, foi construído um banco de dados que servirá não apenas para a pesquisa da tese, mas para outros trabalhos a serem desenvolvidos posteriormente. O estudo desse material permitiu identificar uma trajetória da saúde suplementar marcada por três diferentes tônicas, que tem se desdobrado a partir da cena das grandes transformações mundiais. As conclusões aqui obtidas sobre a trajetória da regulação foram ainda apreciadas, por meio de pesquisa com todos os atuais e antigos dirigentes da ANS. Adiante, foi realizada uma breve análise dos efeitos produzidos por cada uma das tônicas anteriormente descritas, bem como discutidos os principais desafios que se colocam na ordem do dia na agenda da saúde suplementar no Brasil. É interessante destacar que discussão da perspectiva futura da regulação da saúde suplementar no Brasil se dá sobre um pano de fundo de profundas transformações no plano da política e das relações de hegemonia e poder na esfera global. Por fim, o trabalho aqui apresentado tem a finalidade de contribuir para o desenvolvimento do tema e sugerir aperfeiçoamentos de modo a aprimorar o planejamento, a gestão e a regulação da saúde suplementar, buscando relações público-privadas mais harmoniosas e eficientes no tocante à assistência e promoção da saúde. / This thesis analyzes the trajectory, challenges and prospects of private health insurance regulation in Brazil in a context of changing of hegemony and relationship between economics and politics. This scenario of economy and political change is the basis for the Brazilian State agenda on health regulation. This work analyzes the worlds economic and political landscape in order to identify its influence on Brazil and on the Brazilian healthcare industry. Based on this framework, we develop a retrospective analysis of the major private health insurance regulatory policies enacted by the Brazilian National Health Agency ANS. In this way, a database was built not only for research thesis, but also for later studies. Subsequent analytical study has identified three different waves in the Brazilian regulation trajectory. Results were, then, checked by all current and former ANS directors. This work, also analyses the effects of those three waves and discusses the main challenges of health insurance regulation agenda in Brazil. It is worth noting that discussions of future regulatory policies in Brazil take place on the grounds of critical changes in policy, power and hegemony over the world. Lastly, this work provides contribution to the development of the theme and suggests enhancements to improve planning, management and regulation of health, seeking more harmonious and efficient public-private relations in the field of disease prevention and health promotion.

Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2008. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The cost of medical care, in particular the cost of cancer care, has seen significant increases globally in the last few years. These cost increases in part are a result of tremendous advancements in new health technologies to diagnose, treat and care for cancer sufferers. The development of these highly specialised treatment modalities is not expected to slow down in the next few years, as potentially new treatments are already in the pipeline. On the other hand, cancer is becoming more prevalent. affecting more people worldwide. The condition remains life threatening, causing patients to become dependent and desperately hopeful of their requested treatments. Managed care, which includes the processes of rationing, has been implemented by medical aid schemes in the private health care industry in an effort to curtail the escalating costs of health care. Currently medical aids in the country are under immense pressure to comply with financially demanding legislation as well as to increase their membership risk by keeping contributions low and subsequently improve access to private health care in the country. Notwithstanding the fact that rationing might be justified from an economic perspective, the implications of transposing free market principles into an almost sacred health care environment challenges current morals and ethics in this arena. The price consciousness in cancer care is almost creating a scenario where clinical reasons are becoming subservient to fiscal reasons or, put differently, it is placing a price tag on human lives. In its true glory, the rationale of rationing is to challenge the individual patient needs against that of the bigger medical aid society. The distributive justice principles of rationing are creating immense conflict between the virtue-based, principle-based and contemporary ethics, which are currently governing medical practice in the country. As a result rationing creates serious vexing funding decisions with long-ranging effects. Its against this background that the study further consider the implications of managed care and rationing as it creates serious questions about the fairness, decision-making power and authority of managed care organizations. The implication of this is that the treating physician seems to have lost all autonomy and control in trying to treat and care for his cancer patient. Hence the perception that managed care does not act in the best interest of the vulnerable and desperate cancer suffering patient. As a result of th is view of managed care it becomes important to ensure the fairness and or legitimacy of managed care and rationing decisions. Therefore, the final section of the study considers the fair and just rationing of medical care as well as setting limits that are morally and ethically acceptable, in a cancer related setting. The studies of Daniels and Sabin are utilized extensively in particular the suggested criteria required by managed care organisations to ensure their rationing decisions are fair and legitimate. The implications of this and the assurances to cancer sufferers in a medical scheme is that the decisions to fund new health technologies are based on a process that is transparent and collaborative and that cost consideration of treatment has merit if it is made within the confines of this process. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die koste van mediese sorg, en spesifiek die koste van kankersorg, het in die afgelope paar jaar wereldwyd aansienlik toegeneem. Hierdie toename in koste is gedeeltelik die resultaat van geweldige vooruitgang in nuwe gesondheidstegnologiee om kankerlyers te diagnoseer, te behandel en vir hulle te sorgo Daar word nie verwag dat die ontwikkeling van hierdie hoogs gespesialiseerde behandelingsmodaliteite oor die volgende paar jaar sal afneem nie, aangesien nuwe behandelings steeds geregistreer word. Aan die ander kant is die voorkomssyfer van kanker besig om toe te neem, en be"invloed dit mense oor die hele wereld. Die toestand is steeds lewensbedreigend, en veroorsaak dat pasiente afhanklik van en desperaat vol hoop is vir die nodige behandeling. Bestuurde sorg, wat die proses van rantsoenering insluit, is deur mediesefondsskemas in die privaat gesondheidsorgbedryf ge"lmplementeer in 'n poging om die stygende koste van mediese sorg te verminder. Mediese fondse in die land is tans onder geweldige druk om aan finansieel veeleisende wetgewing te voldoen en om hulle lidmaatskaprisiko te verhoog deur bydraes laag te hou en gevolglik toegang tot privaat gesondheidsorg in die land te verbeter. Ondanks die feit dat rantsoenering moontlik vanuit 'n ekonomiese perspektief geregverdig kan word, daag die implikasies van die omsetting van vryemarkbeginsels in 'n amper heilige gesondheidsorgomgewing huidige morele waardes en etiek in hierdie veld uit. Die prysbewustheid in kankersorg skep amper 'n scenario waar kliniese redes ondergeskik aan fiskale redes gestel word of, om dit anders te stel, dit plaas 'n prys op mense se lewens. In sy volle glorie is die rasionaal van rantsoenering om die individuele pasient se behoeftes teenoor die van die groter mediesefondssamelewing te stel. Die beginsels van verdelende regverdigheid van rantsoenering skep enorme konflik tussen die deug..gebaseerde, beginselgebaseerde en kontemporere etiek wat tans die mediese praktyk in die land beheer. Gevolglik skep rantsoenering ernstige, moeilike befondsingsbesluite met effekte oor die lang termyn. Oit is teen hierdie agtergrond dat die studie die verdere implikasies van bestuurde sorg en rantsoenering moet oorweeg, aangesien dit ernstige vrae rondom die billikheid , besluitneming en outoriteit van bestuurde sorg maatskappye lig. By implikasie beteken dit dat die geneesheer wat die pasient behandel, feitlik aile beheer verloor het om die pasient vir aile praktiese doeleindes optimaal te behandel. Oaarom die persepsie dat bestuurde sorg nie in die beste belang van die kwesbare en desperaat kanker pasiente is nie. As gevolg van die persepsie van bestuurde sorg, raak dit meer belangrik om die bilikheid en regverdigheid van gesondheid sorg besluite te verseker. Met dit in ag genome, oorweeg die finale deel van die studie die bilikheid en regverdigheid van mediese rantsoenering so-ook die set van perke wat eties en moreel aanvaarbaar is, in 'n kanker verwante agtergrond. Die werke van Daniels en Sabin word in aansienlike detail hersien in besonder hul voorgestelde kriteria wat vereis word deur bestuurde sorg organisasies om te verseker hul besluite ten opsigte van rantsoenering is redelik en regverdig. Die implikasies hiervan en die versekering tot kanker Iyers in 'n mediese skema is dat die besluite om nuwe gesondheidstegnologiee te befonds, is gebasseer op In deursigtige en samehorende proses en dat aile koste oorwegings vir behandeling meriete het, indien dit is gemaak is binne die raamwerk van hierdie proses.

Die beiden Systemen wurden auf die ähnliche Tradition gegründet. Diese Tradition hat seine Wurzeln in Österreich-Ungarn, die bis 1918 in der gleichen Zwischenraum ausgesetzt wurden. Ein weiterer Zusammenhang ist die geographische Beziehung. Die Gesetztformen in der beiden Staaten sind unterschiedlich. In der Tschechische Republik gibt es viele Sozialversicherungsgesetze, in den der jede Typ des Versichertes geregelt ist. In Österreich gibt es für den jeden Type des Versichertes ein Sozialversicherungsgesetz. Die beiden Systemen sind die gesetzlichen öffentlichen Krankenversicherungen. Das tschechische System ist postkommunisch und Österreich ist der korporatische konservative Sozialstaat. Es gibt die Umverteilung in den beiden Systemen, aber in Österreich hat ein Unterschied, weil auch die Umverteilung in der Anstaltspflege enthält. Die vergleichende Systeme der gesetzlichen Krankenversicherungen haben die gemeinsame ethische Grundsätze, die aber in Österreich mehr in den Gesetze geregelt werden. Dieser Fakt macht den Rahmen des Systemes der Krankenversicherung, das viel auf die Patienten sich konzetriert wird. Der Patient hat ein Recht auf aktive Beteiligung in diesem System und auch in der Behandlung. Ein großes Unterschied ist die Verfassungsschutz der Rechte im beiden Staaten. In Tschechien gibt es die...

This thesis deals with the basic moments in the U.S. health care reform. The theoretical part is based on the concept of health as human capital, as a factor of labor productivity. The rate of depreciation of health capital is closely associated with age and grows throughout the life cycle. In the U.S. is currently more than 46 million people uninsured and their access to health care is very limited. U.S. health care system is a highly cost, total expenditure exceeded 16 percent of GDP. Based on various calculations, the thesis describes assumed purposes of reform in terms of health coverage of population, share of private and public spending, additional insurance, etc. The thesis also deals with a reduction in price elasticity of demand for health care in context of increasing the number of insured persons. Theoretically justifies a possibility of moral hazard at participating elementary subjects.

A dissertação trata do acesso aos serviços de alta complexidade, particularmente os exames diagnósticos e complementares, estudado entre usuários de planos de saúde privados que buscam atendimento e diagnóstico especializado. Desde a década de 80 o usuário do sistema público de saúde vem procurando a saúde suplementar. Contudo, afirmar que o acesso é garantido no domínio privado, através da contratação dos planos de saúde, é uma incerteza que rodeia a inspiração para esta pesquisa, que se justifica pela relevância de ações que possibilitem a melhora da qualidade regulatória dos planos de saúde, a partir do controle social de seus usuários. O objetivo geral é analisar as percepções do acesso aos exames de alta complexidade nos serviços de saúde privados entre usuários de planos de saúde. Os objetivos específicos são descrever as percepções dos usuários de planos de saúde acerca do acesso aos exames de alta complexidade; analisar as motivações dos usuários de planos de saúde privados para a realização de exames de alta complexidade através da rede privada de assistência; e analisar o nível de satisfação dos usuários de planos de saúde quanto ao acesso aos exames de alta complexidade. A metodologia é qualitativa-descritiva, onde a amostra foi de trinta usuários de planos de saúde, acima de 18 anos, selecionados no campo de estudo no ano de 2010. O cenário de estudo foi um laboratório privado de medicina diagnóstica no Rio de Janeiro. As técnicas de coleta de dados utilizadas foram formulário e entrevista individual estruturada. A análise do formulário foi realizada através de estatística descritiva, e as entrevistas através da análise de conteúdo temática-categorial. Os usuários de plano de saúde declararam que o acesso é garantido com facilidade para os exames de alta complexidade. Suas principais motivações para a realização desses exames na rede privada de assistência foram caracterizadas pela rapidez de atendimento, flexibilidade e facilidade de marcação pela internet, telefone ou pessoalmente no laboratório estudado, pronta entrega dos resultados, dificuldade e morosidade do atendimento do SUS, localização do prestador credenciado próxima de bairros residenciais ou do trabalho, resolutividade diagnóstica de imagem de excelência, possibilidade de escolha pelo usuário entre as modalidades aberta e fechada de ressonância magnética e tomografia computadorizada, além da densitometria óssea que foram facilmente acessíveis a todos os sujeitos da pesquisa. O nível de satisfação foi correspondido com a rapidez na realização dos exames em caráter eletivo e de urgência quase equiparados na escala de tempo de acordo com os usuários. Contudo, embora as notas de avaliação dos usuários quanto aos seus planos de saúde tenham sido altas, foram abordadas algumas dificuldades, tais como: prazos de validade dos pedidos médicos com datação prévia; solicitações de senhas de autorização pela operadora; burocracia nos procedimentos de agendamento; dificuldades de acesso para tratamentos como implantes, fisioterapia, RPG, pilates, home care, consultas de check up; negação de reembolsos; restrição de materiais cirúrgicos, em especial as próteses e órteses; e restrições específicas de grau para cirurgias de miopia. Conclui-se que o atendimento rápido dos exames de imagem de alto custo na amostra foi descrito como satisfatório, embora a percepção de rapidez possa variar em função do tipo de produto do plano de saúde privado contratado, com necessidade de melhoria regulatória em alguns aspectos pontuais da saúde suplementar. / This dissertation deals with access to services of high complexity, particularly diagnostic and complementary exams between users of private health system that seek specialized treatment and diagnosis care. Since the 80's people has being looking for additional health system. However, say that access is guaranteed in the private system, is an uncertainty that leads the inspiration for this research, which is justified by the importance of actions that enable the improvement of regulatory quality of health plans from social control of its users. The overall objective is to analyze the perceptions to access high complexity exams in the health system between users of private health plans. The specific objectives are to describe the perceptions of users of health plans to access high complexity exams; analyze motivations from users of private health plans for the exams of high complexity through the private network; and analyze the level of users satisfaction with health plans regarding access to tests of high complexity. The methodology is qualitative-descriptive, and the sample was thirty users of private health care system greater than 18 years, selected in 2010. The research scenario was a private laboratory of medical diagnostic in Rio de Janeiro. Data collection techniques used were individual interviews and structured form. The analysis was performed by the form of descriptive statistics, and interviews through the analysis of thematic content-category. Users of health plan stated that the access is guaranteed with facility for tests of high complexity. Their main motivations for doing exams in private health care services were characterized by quick responsiveness, flexibility and ease of marking their exams by internet, telephone or personally in the laboratory, prompt delivery of results, difficulty and length of service in SUS, location of laboratory near home or work, excellence resolution in diagnostic image, user choice between open and closed methods of magnetic resonance and computed tomography, and bone densitometry were easily accessible to all research subjects. Satisfaction level was reached by quickly resolution of the exams, and performing elective and emergency procedures in almost similar time scale, according to users. However, although evaluation from users with their health plans have been high, some difficulties were pointed such as validity periods for realization of exams; according to the date on the medical application; password requests for authorization by the operator; bureaucracy in procedures for scheduling exams; and poor access to treatments such as implants; physiotherapy; RPG; pilates; homecare; check ups; denied refunds; restricted surgical materials; in particular prosthetics and orthotics; and specifics degree limitation for myopia surgery. We conclude that the quickly response of high complexity exams were described as satisfactory, although the perception of speed may vary depending on the type of private health plans contracted, with the need for regulatory improvement in specific points in privete health system.

Submitted by Fabiana Gonçalves Pinto (benf@ndc.uff.br) on 2017-07-13T20:04:34Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Socrates Miranda de Oliveira Xavier Schwartz.pdf: 2393385 bytes, checksum: ef4be0240a2e0a50a35d7b88e2366103 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-07-13T20:04:34Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Socrates Miranda de Oliveira Xavier Schwartz.pdf: 2393385 bytes, checksum: ef4be0240a2e0a50a35d7b88e2366103 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017 / Mestrado Acadêmico em Ciências do Cuidado em Saúde / Introdução: A identificação acurada do diagnóstico de enfermagem Recuperação cirúrgica retardada (código 00100) pode auxiliar no planejamento do cuidado, proporcionando a segurança cirúrgica para prevenção de danos ao paciente. Objetivo: Avaliar o diagnóstico de enfermagem recuperação cirúrgica retardada em pacientes cirúrgicos da rede suplementar de saúde. Método: Trata-se de um estudo de coorte prospectiva com uma amostra aleatória simples de 144 participantes. Com esse tamanho amostral pode-se afirmar que as proporções identificadas consideram-se ao nível de confiança de 95% e a erros percentuais máximos de 8,37%. Foram critérios de inclusão: idade igual ou superior a 18 anos; estar no segundo dia de pós-operatório, ou seja, pós-operatório mediato de cirurgias urológicas ou cirurgia geral; que puderam ser acompanhados até o momento da alta hospitalar e que apresentaram disponibilidade para atender uma ligação telefônica após um mês da alta hospitalar. Critérios de exclusão: pacientes em reinternação para revisão cirúrgica de procedimento realizado nos últimos 60 dias. A coleta de dados foi realizada no período de março a setembro de 2016 por meio do instrumento de produção de dados, cujas variáveis foram as características definidoras e os fatores relacionados do diagnóstico de enfermagem recuperação cirúrgica retardada. Os dados sociodemográficos e clínicos provenientes da análise documental de consulta ao prontuário também foram coletados e decodificados através de instrumento de avaliação. Para a análise dos dados, utilizou-se o programa SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Science), versão 22.0, e o programa Microsoft Excel 2007. Resultados: A incidência de Recuperação cirúrgica retardada foi estimada em 6,9%. O tempo de internação total (0,026) e o tempo de internação pós-operatório (0,001) foram distintos nos dois grupos. A ocorrência do diagnóstico não esteve relacionada à idade (0,505), nem ao sexo do paciente (0,745); ou ao tipo de cirurgia, se geral ou urológica (0,309). Apendicectomia foi a cirurgia mais incidente estimada em 5,3%, juntamente com a Remoção de Cálculo Renal, estimada em 7,1%. As características definidoras do Diagnóstico que estiveram significativamente associadas foram: Mobilidade Prejudicada (0,033); Perda de apetite (p 0,011); Precisa de ajuda para o autocuidado (0,038) e Desconforto (0,014). Ao considerar que as melhores características definidoras são aquelas que maximizam simultaneamente tanto a Se (sensibilidade) quanto a Es (especificidade) e Ac (acurácia), teve-se: Perda de Apetite (Se=70; Es=71,6; Ac=71,5); Precisa de Ajuda para o Autocuidado (Se=70%; Es=657%; Ac=66%); Desconforto (Se=80,0%; Es=64,2%; Ac=65,3%) e Mobilidade Prejudicada (Se=80,0%; Es=55,2%; Ac=56,9%). Conclusão: A taxa de incidência de recuperação cirúrgica retardada é maior na rede pública de saúde quando comparada à rede suplementar. A identificação do diagnóstico possibilita instituir medidas protetoras que previnem prolongamento no tempo da recuperação cirúrgica e promover adoção de políticas para segurança do paciente cirúrgico / Introduction: The accurate identification of the nursing diagnosis delayed surgical recovery (code 00100) can aid in the care plan, providing surgical safety to prevent harm to patients. Objective: To evaluate the nursing diagnosis delayed surgical recovery in surgical patients in a private healthcare system. Method: This is a prospective cohort study with a simple random sample of 144 participants. With this sample size, it can be stated that the proportions identified are considered at the 95% confidence level and at maximum posible percentage errors of 8.37%. The inclusion criteria were: Age equal to or greater than 18 years; Being on the second postoperative day, ie, after 24 hours of urological or general surgeries; Those who could be followed up until the moment of hospital discharge and who were available to answer a telephone call after one month of hospital discharge. Exclusion criteria: patients in readmission for surgical revision of procedures performed in the last 60 days. Data collection was carried out from March to September 2016 through an instrument of data production, whose variables were the defining characteristics and related factors of the nursing diagnosis delayed surgical recovery. Sociodemographic and clinical data obtained from the documentary analysis of the medical records were also collected and decoded through an assessment instrument. Statistical Package for the Social Science, version 22.0, and the program Microsoft Excel 2007 were used to analyze the data. Results: The incidence of delayed surgical recovery was estimated at 6.9%. The total hospitalization time (0.026) and the time of postoperative hospitalization (0.001) were distinct in both groups. The occurrence of the diagnosis was not related to age (0.505) nor to the sex of the patient (0.745); Or to the type of surgery, whether general or urological (0,309). Appendectomy was the most incident surgery estimated at 5.3%, together with Renal Calculus Removal, estimated at 7.1%. The defining characteristics of the Diagnosis significantly associated were: Impaired Mobility (0.033); Loss of appetite (p 0.011); Requires assistance for self-care (0.038) and Discomfort (0.014). When considering that the best defining characteristics are those that maximize both Se (sensitivity) and Sp (specificity) and Ac (accuracy), we have: Loss of Appetite (Se=70%, Sp=71.6, Ac=71.5); Requires assistance for self-care (Se=70%, Sp=65,7%, Ac=66%); Discomfort (Se=80.0%, Sp=64.2%, Ac=65.3%) and Impaired Mobility (Se=80.0%, Sp=55.2%, Ac=56.9%). Conclusion: The incidence rate of delayed surgical recovery is higher in the public health system when compared to the private system. The diagnosis identification makes possible to institute protective actions that prevent extension of the days for surgical recovery, and promote adoption of policies for safety of the surgical patient

Introdução: Um dos impactos sociais do envelhecimento diz respeito à oferta e demanda de serviços de saúde. O sistema brasileiro garante a prestação de serviços públicos em caráter universal e admite a participação do mercado na provisão de tais serviços. Assim, todo cidadão é usuário potencial de provedores de serviços financiados pelo Estado e pode, simultaneamente, usar provedores de natureza privada. Objetivo: Identificar a ocorrência de mudança de provedor prioritário de serviços de saúde, bem como características socioeconômicas e epidemiológicas e respectiva associação com a condição de ter ou não ter plano de saúde, na população idosa do município de São Paulo, no período 2000 / 2006. Material e método: estudo de coorte desenvolvido no âmbito do Estudo SABE (Saúde, Bem-Estar e Envelhecimento). A coorte iniciou-se em 2000 com 2.143 participantes de 60 anos e mais e, em 2006, contava com 1.115 pessoas. A variável dependente é ter plano de saúde e as independentes abrangem características sociais e demográficas; morbidade referida; autoavaliação de saúde; atividades básicas de vida diária; ações de prevenção e uso de serviços de saúde. Os dados, obtidos por meio de entrevista domiciliar, foram analisados de forma descritiva e pelo desenvolvimento de um modelo de regressão logística por passos (stepwise). Resultados: Há diferenças, favoráveis aos titulares de planos, nas variáveis renda, escolaridade e condições de vida pregressa. O grupo sem planos privados realizou menos prevenção contra neoplasias e mais contra doenças respiratórias; esperou mais para ter acesso a consulta de saúde; realizou menos exames pós consulta; referiu menor número de doenças; teve maior proporção de avaliação negativa da própria saúde e relatou mais episódios de queda. Os titulares de planos privados relataram menos dificuldades no desempenho em ABVD e menor adesão à vacinação. Dentre os titulares de planos que se internaram, em 2000, 11,1por cento tiveram sua internação custeada pelo SUS. Em 2006 essa proporção se eleva para 17,9por cento . A única enfermidade associada à condição de titular de plano privado foi a osteoporose. Não houve mudança significativa entre provedores prioritários de serviços de saúde. Conclusão: as associações encontradas relacionaram-se mais às questões sociais e demográficas e ao uso de serviços do que às condições de saúde dos indivíduos / Background: Population aging influences the offer and search for health services. The Brazilian health system (Sistema Único de Saúde SUS) warrants universal access to public health services and allows the participation of the private sector. Thus, each and every citizen is a potential user of services both provided by the State and by the private sector. We assume that private health insurance holders will have their health services preferentially provided by the private sector. Objective: To identify the occurrence of changes in priority health care provider, as well as socioeconomic and epidemiologic characteristics associated with having or not private health insurance in the elderly population in the city of São Paulo from 2000 to 2006. Methods: retrospective cohort study carried out as part of the Survey on Health and Wellbeing of Elders (SABE Saúde, Bem-estar e Envelhecimento). This cohort started in 2000 with 2,143 participants aged 60 years and, in 2006, had 1,116 participants. Having a private health insurance is the dependent variable and independent variables include sociodemographic characteristics; referred morbidity, self-assessment of health, basic activities of daily living (BADL), preventive actions and the use of health services. Descriptive analysis and stepwise logistic regression were used to assess data collected in home visits. Results: There were significant changes in income, scholarship and earlier life conditions in favor of insurance holders. The group that had no private health insurance was less subjected to cancer and more subjected to respiratory disease prevention, waited longer for health appointments, did less postappointment examinations, had a more negative self-assessment of health and reported higher frequency of falls. Private health insurance holders reported less difficulty to perform BADL and lower adhesion to vaccination campaigns. Among holders that were hospitalized, 11.1per cent had their medical expenses paid by SUS in 2000 and 17.9per cent in 2006. The only morbidity associated with being a private health care insurance holder was osteoporosis. There were no significant changes in priority health provider throughout time.Conclusion: The study population/group tended to keep the same type of health care provider and associations found were more related to socio-demographic characteristics and the use of services than with health conditions of the elderly