title: [Municipalities Stratification for Health Performance Evaluation].
abstract: to propose and present a stratification of Brazilian municipalities into homogeneous groups for evaluation studies of health management performance.
  
  
  
  this was a methodological study, with selected indicators which classify municipalities according to conditions that influence the health management and population size; data for the year 2010 were collected from demographic and health databases; correlation tests and factor analysis were used.
  
  
  
  seven strata were identified - Large-sized; Medium-sized with favorable, regular or unfavorable influences; and Small-sized with favorable, regular or unfavorable influences -; there was a concentration of municipalities with favorable influences in strata with better purchasing power and funding, as well as a concentration of municipalities with unfavorable influences in the North and Northeast regions.
  
  
  
  the proposed classification grouped similar municipalities regarding influential factors in health management, which allowed the identification of comparable groups of municipalities, setting up a consistent alternative to performance evaluation studies.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva, Florianópolis-SC, Brasil.
authors.forename: Maria Cristina Marino
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Calvo
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva, Florianópolis-SC, Brasil.
authors.forename: Josimari Telino de
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Lacerda
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva, Florianópolis-SC, Brasil.
authors.forename: Claudia Flemming
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Colussi
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Departamento de Fisioterapia, Araranguá-SC, Brasil.
authors.forename: Ione Jayce Ceola
authors.initials: IJ
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Observatório de Recursos Humanos em Saúde, Belo Horizonte-MG, Brasil.
authors.forename: Thiago Augusto Hernandes
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Rocha
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D002947:Cities / Q000145:classification; D003710:Demography; D011156:Population Density; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000145:classification* / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors