About - 2010-2017

Satellite accounts are an extension of the System of National Accounts. They allow the analysis of the profile and evolution of a given sector comparing with the whole economy, measured by the National Accounts.

The release of the publication Health Satellite Account Brazil – resulting from a partnership of IBGE with the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), the Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA), the National Agency of Supplementary Health (ANS) and the Ministry of Health – presents, in this fact sheet, analytical commentaries about the production and dynamics of this sector in Brazil, providing an overview of the resources and uses of health in the country in the period 2010-2017 .

As in previous editions, the publication presents three perspectives for the analysis of this economic sector: demand, which deals with the final consumption of health goods and services by the resident population; supply, which approaches the participation of health-related activities in the composition of total value added of the economy; and income, which measures the participation of the sector in the generation of jobs and income in the country.  The technical notes about the topic are released separately and can be accessed in digital means, only, on this page. They consist of methodological considerations on the study and a glossary with the relevant concepts.

The Health Satellite-Account of Brazil is in accordance with the manual System of national accounts 2008, SNA 2008, and its results are structured according to a classification of products and activities integrated with the National Classification of Economic Activities - CNAE 2.0. Therefore, they can be compared with the System of National Accounts in order to estimate the participation of health in the total of the Brazilian economy and conduct comparative analyses over time.