Análise da utilização de indicadores de desempenho pelo ministério da educação para o financiamento dos hospitais universitários federais no período de 2004 a 2008

Abstract

The Ministry of Education in Brazil maintains the Inter-ministry Program for Reinforcement and Maintenance of Federal UniversityHospitals for additional funding’s in Health and Welfare activities developed in thesehospitals. The aim of study is to analyze whether operating performance, financial and academic of these University hospitals are considered as parameters which allowsdetermining the financing of hospital actions in the mentioned program. This research is defined as descriptive research – with regard to objectives, a bibliographic and documental – considering the procedures, and quantitative research – in view of approaching research problem. The sample of this study is based in 22 from 45 university hospitals. The research has used the Database from Integrated System of Monitoring, Executing and Controlling from Ministry of Education, over the time 2004 until 2008. All variables observed in this study are used as an indicator for analyzes of operating, financing and academic performance in each university hospital. The statistical analysis have performed by Panel Data– which combines characteristics of each data into a cross section with time series – using the statistics model of Pooled, Fixed Effects and Random Effects.We have found that only two of seven variable analyzed may explains the variation in financing of theses hospital by Inter-ministry program. In this sense we have considered: 1) density of graduate students and 2) academic production. Thus, the results confirm partially the hypotheses,that the financing of these University hospitals are realized considering the operating, funding and academic performance.