The Unified Health System in the Federal District, Brazil (1960 to 2018): revisiting history to plan the future

摘要

Results The SUS-DF trajectory was delineated through care organization actions, health system management and health care personnel training and development. Health indicators such as infant mortality and life expectancy at birth have shown a positive development. There was an increase in health care servicesupply, with an increase in the number of beds, basic health units and professionals, although insufficient, given the population increase. Conclusion the actions indicate the growing complexity of health system management, with challenges related to the adaptation of the capacity to respond to the population’shealth needs and reveal internal potentials in the field of health training.