ANALYSIS OF GEOSPATIAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE COVERAGE OF FAMILY HEALTH STRATEGY AND THE VENTILATOR PROVISION WITH TRANSMISSION AND MORTALITY RATE DUE TO COVID-19 IN SANTA CATARINA

This paper presents the analysis of the relationship between the coverage of the Family Health Strategy (FHS) and the availability of respirators with the transmission and mortality rate of COVID-19 in the state of Santa Catarina between December 2019 and May 2020 This is an ecological study, which uses computational models of geospatial analysis on the progress of COVID-19 in the state for 295 cities the correlation between the FHS coverage and the number of respirators grouped in the mesoregions was calculated with the transmission and mortality variables of COVID-19 As a result of the analysis it was found that the state had low infection rates of 0 07% and mortality of 1 72%, when compared to other states in Brazil There was an increase in cases in smaller cities indicating the interiorization of the pandemic There was no correlation between FHS coverage with infection and mortality However, respirators are associated with lower mortality As conclusions, it can be said that a regional disparity was found in the presence of respirators in the state's micro-regions, suggesting an imbalance in the quality of care for critically ill patients during the pandemic