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

Table 1 Description of the characteristic of the Vulnerability Index and the Family Health Strategy in the analyzed metropolitan regions, 2016, Brazil

Metropolitan region (MR)	IVS^a average	Min-Max^a	2016^b population	ESF^c number of teams	ESF (%)^d coverage
Porto Alegre	0.270	0.065–0.445^e	4 276 475	602	48.5
São Paulo	0.299	0.040–0.475^e	21 242 939	2.093	34.0
Distrito Federal	0.322	0.055–0.504	4 284 676	480	38.6
Manaus	0.415	0.083–0.683	2 568 817	315	42.3
Recife	0.392	0.076–0.704	4 019 396	634	54.4

^aIndex of Social Vulnerability calculated by the IPEA
^bPopulation estimate for 2016—IBGE
^cESF estimate from the Primary Health Care Department (DAB)—Ministry of Health
^dCoverage based on an average of 3 450 people who usualy have a follow-up by each ESF
^eIn these MRs, there are no areas with IVS > 0.501, that is, with very high vulnerability

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