Aspectos Regionais Da Difusão De Covid-19 Na Rede Urbana Da Região Geográfica Imediata De São João Dos Patos, Maranhão, Brasil

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ID16878669
AuthorsAndré Barbosa Oliveira (0000-0003-0320-5661, Universidade Estadual da Região Tocantina do Maranhão), Ricardo Felipe dos Santos (0000-0002-3121-9166, Universidade Estadual da Região Tocantina do Maranhão), Ligia Mikaelly dos Reis Silva (0000-0003-0151-4794, Universidade Estadual da Região Tocantina do Maranhão)
Year2024
Volume20
Pagese2010
Publication date2024-02-09
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueHygeia - Revista Brasileira de Geografia Médica e da Saúde (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1980-1726 • E-ISSN: 1980-1726
PublisherPPUFU - Portal de Periódicos da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.14393/hygeia2068930
OpenAlexW4391926498
LanguagePT
References cited8

This article aims to understand the dynamics of diffusion of Covid-19 in the urban network of the Immediate Geographic Region of São João dos Patos (RGISJP), Maranhão, Brazil. The analysis period considers one year of pandemic, to be counted from the first case of the disease in Maranhão (March 20, 2020 to March 20, 2021). This is an empirical spatial analysis, anchored in the systematization of secondary and public data, followed by a qualitative examination of the polarization and urban influence in the geographic distribution of cases.The offer of medical-hospital equipment, facilities and medical specialists is considered as the main drivers in the search for Covid-19 care in the urban network of such municipalities. As main sources for this research, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), the State Department of Health (SES-MA) and the Department of Informatics of the Unified Health System (DATASUS) were used through Tabwin, using the Ambulatory and Hospital Information Systems of SUS as well as the National Health Registry (CNES). The data point to the rarefied and concentrated supply of medical-hospital services, and the main urban center (São João dos Patos) does not have so much prominence in the offer of these services, which, consequently, drives more population flows, expanding the contagion network to other municipalities in the region and increasing the rate of contamination and deaths from the new coronavirus in centers that concentrate health services

Art · Geography · Humanities · Geography and Environmental Studies · Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic · Medicine · Urban Development and Societal Issues

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