Do elections matter for private-sector healthcare management in Brazil? An analysis of municipal health policy

Table 1 Average %Private Sector Involvement in Health Care and Health Care Spending by Year ^a,b,c

Year	Equipment				Outsourcing (% health expenditures)	Health Spending per capita (2012 $R)
Year	Dental (% Private)	X-Rays (% Private)	Ultrasounds (% Private)	Hosp. Beds (% Private)	Outsourcing (% health expenditures)	Health Spending per capita (2012 $R)
2008	12.3	34.8	35.8	21.9	14.5	312.4
	(19.4)	(68.4)	(72.7)	(36.6)	(12.9)	(155.4)
2012	17.5	35.4	34.7	18.4	16.4	540.0
	(33.3)	(69.7)	(71.4)	(21.6)	(15.2)	(260.3)
Change	5.2	0.6	−1.1	−3.5	1.9	+227.6

^aData are presented as means (interquartile range)
^b% Private denotes percent privately managed and maintained
^cData Source: National Registry of Health Establishments and Information System on Public Health Budgets, Ministério da Saúde, Brasil

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