Health and external influences

Abstract

The  health  profile  receives  influences  of  socioeconomic,  historical,  geographical,      political,      educational,      cultural,      environmental,      technological, urban, communication, the available goods and services, among  others,  creating  or  changing  demands  on  the  health  system  and  the  production  of  programs  and  services  in  health  facilities,  resulting  in  differences  in  quality  of  care,  productivity  and  cost  of  procedures.  Review  was  made  with  data  from  the  State  of  São  Paulo,  quantifying  and qualifying some of these influences, stressing the importance of this information in decisions relating to structures, administrative procedures and  the  health  actions  that  could  result  in  positive  impacts  for  the  population.  The  speed  with  which  these  influences  changing  demands  of the fast dynamic health units in structuring their areas and sub-areas. Complex,  complicated,  high  risk  and  cost,  inserting  it  in  the  market  requires professionalism and high degree of attention to meet the largest number of people with scarce resources.