Gestão do capital de giro em operadoras de planos de saúde: uma análise sob a perspectiva do modelo dinâmico

Abstract

This paper presents the results of a research that aimed to analyze the working capital management of Brazilian healthcare insurance companies (HICs) from the perspective of dynamic model. This study can be classified as a quantitative and descriptive one. We used data from 818 HICs from 2012 to 2016. These HICs are classified in different types according to the national Agency of Supplementary Health (ANS): self-management, medical cooperative, dental cooperative, philanthropy, medicine of group and dentistry of group. The data were analyzed by the following techniques: descriptive statistics and chi-squared statistic. The empirical researchshows that financing structures of HICs are different in according to their types (classification of ANS). This difference is considered significant by chi-squared statistic along all the analyzed period. Although these differences exist, it is important to note that the HICs of all types usually presented a deterioration of their financing structures between 2015 and 2016. In this case, it was verified an increase on working capital necessity.