title: Application of preventive medicine resources in the health insurance system.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To identify the financial resources and investments provided for preventive medicine programs by health insurance companies of all kinds.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were collected from 30 large health insurance companies, with over 100 thousand individuals recorded, and registered at the Agência Nacional de Saúde Suplementar.
  
  
  RESULTS
  It was possible to identify the percentage of participants of the programs in relation to the total number of beneficiaries of the health insurance companies, the prevention and promotion actions held in preventive medicine programs, the inclusion criteria for the programs, as well as the evaluation of human resources and organizational structure of the preventive medicine programs.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Most of the respondents (46.7%) invested more than US$ 50,000.00 in preventive medicine program, while 26.7% invested more than US$ 500,000.00. The remaining, about 20%, invested less than US$ 50,000.00, and 3.3% did not report the value applied.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Karla Regina Dias de
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Márcia Mello Costa de
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Liberal
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zucchi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001938:Brazil; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017048:Health Care Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006295:Health Resources / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007342:Insurance Benefits / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000145:classification / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011315:Preventive Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017149:Private Sector / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000191:economics; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult