Zona de influência e polarização dos serviços de saúde privada ofertados no munícipio de Currais Novos RN.

Abstract

Geographical space has been transformed by man over time with the objectivity of adapting it to the territory in which it was established. These territories in turn have developed in a gradual way, some with more effectiveness and others becoming dependent on services / products of polarizing territories. In this kind of services, cities that become territorial polarizing agents increasingly seek to expand service and product opportunities to meet the population demand, highlighting the health area, which has been of necessity in Brazil, where the System Of Public Health-SUS, has not managed to be effective in serving the population. Considering this reality, with regard to the city Currais Novos / RN, the research work comprises the functional highlight of it, located in Seridó, considering the growth of private health services and their polarization under the other cities that surround it . Thus, with the theoretical grounding process addressed the field research with the health sector, a questionnaire was applied to understand this process of private health development in the municipality. It was understood that the city has clinics and pharmacies with strong influences in the development of private health, which provides services, as well as in the economy and municipal public administration. It is notable in the region for being a polo city and can serve more than 25 cities in the region that surrounds it or has territorial proximity, thus avoiding a displacement of inhabitants of these cities to other major centers of capital, as it has been increasing Number of specialists moving to attend Currais Novos / RN in the private sector.