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. 2021 Dec 15;140(2):290–296. doi: 10.1590/1516-3180.2021.0496.23072021

Table 2. Brazilian federal government public expenditure on health between 2019 and 2020.

Subarea/subfunction Expenditure in million reais (%) Difference in million reais (relative % difference from 2019 to 2020)
2019 2020
Hospital and outpatient care 57,017.14 (49.9) 54,585.73 (36.2) -2,431.41 (-4.2)
Primary care 26,404.33 (23.1) 25,813.42 (17.1) -590.91 (-2.2)
Prophylactic and therapeutic support 10,968.56 (9.6) 11,365.96 (7.5) 397.40 (+3.6)
General administration 7,959.63 (6.9) 47,013.74 (31.2) 39,054.11 (+490.6)
Epidemiological surveillance 6,266.46 (5.4) 6,091.47 (4.0) -174.99 (-2.7)
Others 5,565.96 (4.8) 5,592.95 (3.7) 26.99 (+0.04)
Total 114,182.11 (100) 150,463.29 (100) 36,281.18 (+31.7)

Difference refers to the row data from 2019 and 2020. The relative difference is expressed as a percentage and is calculated as follows: [difference from 2019 to 2020)/2019]. Data were obtained from DATASUS-SIH, SISAB and the Brazilian public expenditure portal. Values are expressed per R$ 1,000,000. US$ 1.00 = R$ 5.32 on May 25, 2021.