O programa Previne Brasil e seus potenciais reflexos na (re)organização da Atenção Primária à Saúde do estado do Rio de Janeiro

Abstract

The main goal of this study is to document the process of federal financing of APS through the Previne Brasil program from the period of 2019-2021 and the initiatives from SES-RJ and COSEMS-RJ through the potential repercussions on the re-organization of APS in the Rio de Janeiro State’s cities. The proposed methodology is one of a case study in exploratory and descriptive character along with a combination of different research methods, using bibliographic and documental research as well as primary and secondary data. It is emphasized that this study has as delimitation for analysis two aspects of the Previne Brasil: the Pondered Capacitation and the Component of Payment by Performance. The regular transference of fixated PAB, of per capita base was considered innovative, since it was the first provided by SUS not linked to production. Considered aligned to the principles of universality, with the directive of decentralization present in the legal regulation, as its transferences were guaranteed regardless of the adopted models for the APS’ organization through the cities. It’s substitution for the transference linked to registration, provided in Previne Brasil’s Component of Pondered Capacitation, can be understood as a regression as in such format the cost is linked to the registration done by the existing themes in each territory, something that cannot reflect the integrality of the resident population. Absorbing the Component of Pondered Capacitation’s PAB’s variable resources referring to the cost of eSF, eAP, increment for the hiring of basic health units’ management and the NASF-AB’s teams provokes a reflection over the discontinuations of relevant processes for the APS’ organization, related to the continuity of care. In Rio de Janeiro State, a synergetic movement was initiated by the COSEMS-RJ and SAPS/SES in a way of comprehending how the new financing proposal by APS would impact the resources to be destined to the state’s cities in 2020. So, a work group was created, with representatives of the two structures, for the discussion of Previne Brasil, which remains active. One of the most important initiatives in such group is the creation of Technical Notes, that started being produced in 2019, to support the state’s cities in the transition of APS’ federal financing. Despite all exceptionality in 2020, which was well-marked by the welcome extension of provided deadlines, it was possible to glimpse how such change would have been for Rio de Janeiro State, since we can study the numerical results reached in 2020 in the components of Pondered Capacitation and Payment by Performance, and that it did not reflect on loss of resources.