ABSTRACT
Purpose
To analyze public spending on health services to outpatient services in Speech Therapy in the five federative regions of Brazil.
Methods
This is an ecological study carried out through the search for secondary data available on a public domain virtual platform, DATASUS. The collected data refer to the values approved for the Speech Therapy procedures in the period from 2009 to 2018 in the five federative regions. Descriptive analysis of data and exposure of results in absolute and relative values and growth rates were adopted.
Results
It was found that the average investment in reais, per year, in speech therapy services in Brazil was approximately R$ 223,952,639,232.00, with 47.2% of the resources destined for the Southeast region. Among the major areas of specialization, Audiology accounted for 95.4% of the investment, followed by Language (4.0%), Orofacial Motricity (0.5%) and Voice (0.1%).
Conclusion
The findings indicate that speech therapy services demand a considerable portion of public resources, with the area of Audiology being responsible for almost half of these expenses, followed by the large area of Language, Orofacial Motricity and Voice.
Keywords:
Unified Health System; Speech Therapy; Health Services Research; Quality of Health Care; Delivery of Health Care
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