A atuação da auditoria governamental no desenvolvimento da saúde pública nos municípios brasileiros

Abstract

The research sought to identify the effect of audits carried out by the Controladoria Geral da União “Comptroller General of the Union” (CGU) on some health indicators of Brazilian municipalities between 2003 and 2006. For this, data referring to vaccinated children under 1 age with vaccination up to date, pregnant women with complete vaccination and Accompanied Families through the family health program (PSF) and analysis of reports published by the CGU. The municipalities were chosen at random through a public lottery, we obtained control and treatment groups and it was identified that anti-corruption policy or inspection in federated entities positively affected the number of children vaccinated in the audited municipalities and had no effect on the number of pregnant women with complete vaccination schedule or number of families monitored by the PSF.