INTERFACE IN LONDRINA-PR PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES

Abstract

The present paper sets out to investigate the public health sector of the city of Londrina. We analyzed statistically the number of calls in different medical specialties and the main causes of mortality in the city. Thus, our general aim is to present the current situation of health services in Londrina: our diagnosis is based on statistical data and field work. Therefore, there will be a brief contextualization of Londrina in order to examine in greater detail how this city has become a regional center for providing public and private health services, we will focus on describing the public health network. The methodology has three levels of analysis: the first consists of an analysis of the different contextual aspects of the area under investigation. The second, a description and an analysis of the situation of Londrina health services, and the third included the description and the analysis of the process of health service use. Results indicate that there was an advance in the health sector in Londrina which comes along with the health policies adopted by the three spheres of government. However, these policies are still far from being the most suitable because there is still a lack of human and financial resources to satisfy the demand presented by the city.