Application of the Egipss model in the regional hospitals of Mato Grosso do Sul

In 2007, the Pact for Health developed by the Secretary of Health of the State of Mato Grosso do Sul included the reorganization of hospital care according to territorial distribution and structure of regional hospitals in cities head of micro regions of the State. An evaluation was done to gather data to support central decisions for the improvement of those units and also to furnish a set of measures of outcome that could guide and be incorporated into the management routine of those regional hospitals. An agreement with the National Council of Health Secretaries allowed the participation of experts of the Montreal University, in Canada, in the construction of the evaluation here described, together with the personnel of the Health Secretary of the State of Mato Grosso do Sul, the regional hospitals and personnel of other states of Brazil.