title: [Municipal Monitoring Panel: Bases for building a health service management tool].
abstract: To describe and critically analyze the steps taken and the technical references used to build the São Paulo City Health Department Monitoring Panel, highlighting its potentials and limits for the decision-making process.
  
  
  
  This was a qualitative study based on analysis of official documents and semi-structured interviews with key informants. The data was submitted to thematic analysis aimed at understanding the technical choices and paths taken to build the Panel.
  
  
  
  The Panel provides numerical and graphical reports applying four statistical analysis models, thus facilitating access to information and data analysis by different management levels.
  
  
  
  The Panel provides analysis options for different management levels, thus strengthening decentralized decisions. It is a streamlined and appropriate monitoring strategy as well as being able to be used in different management contexts and territory sizes.
authors.affiliation: Universidade de São Paulo, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Pública da Faculdade de Saúde Pública, São Paulo-SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Sylvia Christina de Andrade
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Grimm
authors.affiliation: Universidade de São Paulo, Departamento de Prática em Saúde Pública da Faculdade de Saúde Pública, São Paulo-SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Oswaldo Yoshimi
authors.initials: OY
authors.lastname: Tanaka
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D006298:Health Services Administration; D006801:Humans; D036301:Qualitative Research; D058996:Quality Improvement