A Estratégia Saúde da Família como indicador para o enfrentamento da COVID-19 em Santa Catarina, Brasil / The Family Health Strategy as an indicator for coping with COVID-19 in Santa Catarina, Brazil
trata-se de um estudo ecológico, que utiliza modelos computacionais de análise geoespacial sobre o avanço do COVID-19 nos 295 municípios de Santa Catarina.
to relate the coverage by the FHS and the availability of respirators with the transmission and mortality rate of COVID-19 in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil. Materials and
methods:
this is an ecological study, which uses computational models of geospatial analysis on the progress of COVID-19 to the 295 cities in Santa Catarina. The correlation between the FHS coverage and the number of respirators grouped in the mesoregions was calculated with the COVID-19 transmission and mortality rates.
Results:
the state had low infection rates of 0.07% and mortality of 1.72%, when compared to Brazil. There was an increase in cases in smaller municipalities, indicating the interiorization of the pandemic. There was no correlation between FHS coverage with infection and mortality. However, respirators are associated with lower mortality.