Banca de DEFESA: ALEXANDRE SANTANA DOS SANTOS

Economic impacts of public health investments in Bahia during the period of the COVID 19 pandemic

Input-output. Health economics. COVID-19. SUS. Services.

This dissertation uses the interregional input-output methodology to estimate the economic impacts caused by the increase in expenses by the government of the state of Bahia in the health sector through the Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS) within the bahian territory during coronavirus pandemic period (2020-2021). Estimating how much income and jobs were generated due to this increase in public health spending and thus analyzing this sector importance in the economy of the regions studied: Salvador, Rest of the Population Arrangement of Salvador and Rest of the State of Bahia.