CENTRAL IDEA

KEY-EXPRESSIONS

“Undue comparisons” (arguments)

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“Gross generalizations” that compare the performance assessed in small cities with the national situation

Itajaí is in 5th place in the national ranking of public health in the Country. (Representative of the municipal management of Itajaí).

Comparisons of systems of different geographical scales and between federated units

health sector in Franca received a score of 5.24 from the Ministry of Health, an index worse than the averages of the State of São Paulo (5.77) and Brazil (5.46). (Representative of the municipal management of Franca).

Comparisons between different homogeneous groups, both in the same region and in different regions

The Ministry of Health released this week the result of IDSUSDevelopment Index of the SUS. The municipality of Parnarama was only behind Timon, beating large municipalities, as the capital São Luís, Caxias, Imperatriz and the other 216 municipalities of the state. (Citizen of the City of Parnarama).

Undue comparisons were those whose comparison seemed to have as criteria the same federated unit

The city of Matinhas, located in the swamp region of Paraíba, 143 km from the capital, was highlighted in the Ministry of Health by the IDSUS index. The municipality obtained an average score of 6.11 in the State of Paraíba, occupying the eight place. (Representative of the municipal management of Cuité).

Impossibility of comparisons by region

The municipality of Santa Luzia is 46th in the hinterland by the content of IDSUS we need to improve a lot and this is heard throughout the city. (Representative of the municipal management of Santa Luzia).

National average misused as a comparative cut-off point

The SUS survey serves as an alert for the region, which is divided. There are 15 cities above the national average and 13 below. Barrinha, Dumont, Taiaçu, Taiúva and Taquaral had averages above the national average. Jaboticabal, Guariba, Pitangueiras and Sertãozinho had averages below the national average… (News posted on googleCity of Jaboticabal).

Undue comparisons generating “accountability” (horizontal)

in response to a request from Councilman Nerivan Claudius, Secretary Luís Miranda and former secretary Ireno attended the CMB, responding to a question from Nerivan on a survey that said Baraúna was the last city classified in SUS care. (Citizen of the City of Baraúna).

“Good Evaluations” (arguments)

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Simply said good evaluation

The municipality of Lagoa do Barro, located in the Alto Médio Canindé microregion, covering an area of 366.47 km2 and about 542 km from Teresina. It was at the top position in IDSUS, among the 16 (sixteen) municipalities that make up the 11th Regional Health. (Institutions/News Press).

Criticisms of good evaluation

Congressman Simplício Araújo said today that he regrets very much the desperate way the Maranhão Health Secretariat celebrated the IDSUS data, according to him the study has been receiving criticism from public health specialists from all over Brazil. (Politician, City of Timon, Maranhão).

“Criticisms of the method/index” (arguments)

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Criticisms without embodied theoretical basis (criticism by criticism)

IDSUS, the nonsense… (Citizen)

Criticisms of non-consideration of daily care

IDSUS does not accurately translate theknotsthat the municipality is still trying to untie. The new index does not measure, for example, queues, or distances traveled until reaching the service. (NewspaperNews/Press).

Criticism of the method per se

The result could not be different. It attributes to SUS a mediocre note devoid of logical significance, which was soon packed by the mainstream press as overwhelming evidence of its failure. It is not a serious thing. Fortunately, time and reality will be in charge of burying in the dust such a damaging initiative. (Scholar/AssociationRio de Janeiro).