Spatial distribution of the “ Mais Médicos (More Doctors) Program” and social vulnerability: an analysis of the Brazilian metropolitan regions

Table 3 Percentage of primary health units with physicians from the Program allocated according to the classification of the Social Vulnerability Index by category and quintile, at the five metropolitan regions, 2016, Brazil

Primary health unit percentage with physicians from the PMM by the Index of Social Vulnerability by category
IVS^a category	Porto Alegre^b	São Paulo^b	Distrito Federal	Manaus^c	Recife	Total
Very low and low vulnerability [IC_95%]	65.8^e [59.3–72.4]	29.5 [23.3–35.8]	26.8 [20.8–32.9]	4.8 [1.9–7.6]	4.1 [1.4–6.7]	30.6 [24.5–36.7]
Medium vulnerability [IC_95%]	29.7 [23.4–36.0]	62.9^e [56.2–69.5]	45.3^e [38.5–52.0]	19.0 [13.8–24.3]	32.0 [25.8–38.2]	44.4 [37.9–51.0]
High and very high vulnerability [IC_95%]	4.5 [1.6–7.3]	7.6 [4.0–11.2 ]	27.9 [21.9–34.0]	76.2^e [70.5–81.9]	63.9^e [57.6–70.3]	25.0 [19.3–30.7]
Total % (n)	100% (202)	100% (369)	100% (179)	100% (84)	100% (147)	100% (981)
Primary health unit percentage with physicians from the PMM by the Index of Social Vulnerability by quintile
IVS^d quintiles	Porto Alegre	São Paulo	Distrito Federal	Manaus	Recife	Total
1st and 2nd [IC_95%]	31.7 [25.3–38.1]	25.5 [21.0–29.9]	24.6 [18.3–30.9]	9.5 [3.2–15.8]	9.5 [4.8–14.3]	22.8 [20.2–25.5]
3rd [IC_95%]	29.2 [22.9–35.5]	28.7 [24.1–33.3]	22.9 [16.7–29.1]	19.0 [10.7–27.4]	19.0 [12.7–25.4]	25.5 [22.8–28.2]
4th and 5th [IC_95%]	39.1 [32.4–45.8]	45.8^e [40.7–50.9]	52.5^e [45.2–59.8]	71.4^e [61.8–81.1]	71.4^e [64.1–78.7]	51.7 [48.6–54.8]
Total % (n)	100% (202)	100% (369)	100% (179)	100% (84)	100% (147)	100% (981)

^aIPEA’s IVS categories: very high > 0.500, high 0.500 to 0.401, medium 0.400 to 0301, low 0.300 to 0.201, and very low < 0.200
^bNonexistent areas with very high vulnerability in the Porto Alegre and São Paulo metropolitan regions
^cNonexistent physicians from the PMM allocated in the UBSs at areas of very low vulnerability in the Manaus metropolitan region
^dIVS quintiles: Porto Alegre 1st 0.065 to 0.180, 2nd 0.190 to 0.230, 3rd 0.240 to 0.290, 4th0.300 to 0.340, and 5th 0.350 to 0.445; São Paulo 1st 0.055 to 0.220, 2nd 0.230 to 0.290, 3rd 0.300 to 0.350, 4th 0.360 to 0.390, and 5th 0.400 to 0.504; Distrito Federal 1st 0.040 to 0.230, 2nd 0.240 to 0.290, 3rd 0.300 to 0.340, 4th 0.350 to 0.380, and 5th 0.390 to 0.475; Manaus 1st 0.083 to 0.250, 2nd 0.260 to 0.330, 3rd 0.340 to 0.410, 4th 0.420 to 0.470, and 5th 0.480 to 0.686; Recife 1st 0.076 to 0.260, 2nd 0.270 to 0.320, 3rd 0.330 to 0.390, 4th 0.400 to 0.460, and 5th 0.470 to 0.704
^eIC_95% shows that there is a statistically significant difference between this proportion and further proportions in the column

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