title: [CT scanners in the Brazilian Unified National Health System: installed capacity and utilization].
abstract: This study analyzes the supply and use of computed tomography scanners (CT) in the Brazilian Unified National Health System (SUS) according to State and administrative levels in the year 2009. Secondary data were used to estimate the installed CT capacity in public healthcare facilities and in private services outsourced by the SUS and calculated the rate of utilization. Average national CT utilization was less than 10%. The public sector showed lower CT use than the private sector outsourced by the SUS. The number of CT tests in the SUS was less than half the number produced in developed countries. The results thus suggest the need for further studies on management practices with high-technology equipment in order to improve allocation of current and future public resources in supplying CT tests.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Saúde Coletiva, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, Brasil.
authors.forename: Diana Lima Dos
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.affiliation: Secretaria de Saúde do Estado da Bahia, Salvador, Brasil.
authors.forename: Handerson Jorge Dourado
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Leite
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Saúde Coletiva, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, Brasil.
authors.forename: Davide
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rasella
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Saúde Coletiva, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, Brasil.
authors.forename: Sebastião Antonio Loureiro de Souza E
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Silva
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D009313:National Health Programs; D017149:Private Sector; D017150:Public Sector; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D013675:Technology, High-Cost / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015898:Tomography Scanners, X-Ray Computed / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000600:supply & distribution*