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This article assesses the impact of the Municipal Basic Sanitation Plan (PMSB) and the Municipal Basic Sanitation Policy (PolMSB) on the efficiency of basic sanitation service providers in the municipalities of Santa Catarina. In the first stage, the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) method is used to obtain sanitation companies’ efficiency scores for the period from 2012 to 2020. In the second stage, the Tobit model is combined with the Differences in Differences (DiD) method to verify the effect of environmental variables, including PMSB and PolMSB, on the efficiency of signed contracts. The results show that regulation did not promote efficiency concerning maximizing the sector’s production – within the observed period – which showed a decline over the years. Another finding is that sanitation companies operated by municipal public authorities, with the exception of local authorities, demonstrate greater efficiency than private operators. Proof of economies of scale and scope in water and sewage services is also relevant. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The aim of this study is to compare the characteristics of the production of hospitals in Santa Catarina with its own management with hospitals managed by Social Health Organizations. The research is descriptive, carried out through a documentary study, with a predominantly quantitative approach. Based on the literature and the relevance of the data for the type of statistical analysis carried out in this study, the State Department of Health of Santa Catarina was requested to provide information on 18 public hospitals, 13 of which were self-managed and 5 managed by OSS. The technique of data analysis was the descriptive analysis. It is unanimous that the growing trend of hospital spending is higher than the increase in production, regardless of the management model. The average production of hospitals managed by OSS is higher than the production of hospitals managed by direct administration. Regarding the possibility of transferring the management of the current hospitals of state administration to OSS, it is known that the implementation of organizational reforms in the public sector is a highly complex task. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This article analyzes how the phenomenon of the fragmentation of the municipalities of Santa Catarina impacts on its economic-financial performance. To do so, a descriptive analysis of the data was performed, as well as statistical tests with the objective of determining an expenditure forecast model that presented the adjustment with the lowest possible distortions. It was concluded that the merger of municipalities is a way to increase economic efficiency and improve the well-being of Santa Catarina's cities with small population, and it is up to legislators to establish norms that encourage a new territorial rearrangement, a fact that can increase the efficiency of public resources and meet the main needs of citizens. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]