Determinantes espaciais das internacoes hospitalares do sistema unico de saude por cancer de mama nas microrregioes do Brasil

Abstract

The aimof this articlewas to analyze the economic and healthmanagement determinants of hospital admissions of the Brazilian public health system(SUS) by female breast cancer among the micro-regions of Brazil in 2013. Therefore, the Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis and the specification of spatial econometricmodels and the GWR (GeographicallyWeighted Regression) model were used. Positive association of GDP per capita, mammography and primary care consultations, and negative association of health professionals on hospital admissions for breast cancer were observed, with the influence of neighboring regions and local impact.