Brazilian Health Resources for High-Complexity Trauma Care, 2013

2013 data from Brazil's National Register of Health Establishments profiles physical health resources for trauma care. The analysis identified quantitative failure and poor geographical distribution of large hospitals, ICU beds, and eight required structures for high-complexity trauma licensing. Luisa Regina Pessôa authored the study to support the reorganization of the health service network.

Use Cases

• Modeling optimal resource allocation based on the identified quantitative and geographical distribution failures.
• Assessing the impact of acquiring one additional structure on the number of municipalities offering high-complexity trauma care.
• Benchmarking regional healthcare capacity using the eight structures required by the Ministry of Health for licensing.

Strengths

• Data sourced from the 2013 National Register of Health Establishments, an official national database.
• Analysis quantifies the potential increase in municipalities offering high-complexity trauma care from 30 to 80.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
• Data may reflect temporal bias inherent to the 2013 snapshot.

Provenance

Source

National Register of Health Establishments (Brazil), 2013 version.

Collection Method

Data were retrieved from the national register for analysis.

Time Range

2013

Geography

Brazil