[Financing of primary care in the municipalities of the state of Bahia, Brazil: analysis of federal transfers from 2008 to 2017].

Abstract

The article aims to analyze federal transfers of financial resources to the Basic Health Care Block of municipalities of Bahia, according to population strata, in the period from 2008 to 2017. Exploratory study - descriptive time series, based on data available on the National Health Fund website, stratified according to population size. Financial data were subject to monetary restatement. There was an increase of 14.3% in federal financing of primary care, in real values, for the municipalities of Bahia, with emphasis on the small ones, which recorded the highest per capita average in the PAB, from R$124.32 inhab./year to R$143.36 inhab./year between 2008 and 2017 espectively. In the variable PAB, the components highlighted were Family Health, Community Health Agents, National Program to Improve Access and Quality of Primary Care and Family Health Support Centers. The findings strengthened the importance of the variable PAB's participation in the Primary Care Block, especially for small and medium-sized municipalities.