Abstract
Objective: To report the experience of developing a method of stratification of users enrolled by a health team, from a social indicator of public access in order to contemplate the heterogeneity of the territory, social inequalities and the diagnosis of vulnerabilities, supporting the first fundamental question of the methodology of workforce dimensioning. Experience report: Descriptive study of the type of experience report, designed to overcome the difficulties of dimensioning in a health region of Ceará, described in four stages to classify the vulnerabilities of the territories covered by each Primary Health Care Unit (UAPS): identification of the index of the family stock index, calculation of the simple arithmetic mean among the indexes of the designated indicator , classification and definition of vulnerability for each UAPS and adscrition of users for each degree of vulnerability, ranging from 2.000 to 3.500 by family health team (eSF). Final considerations: The proposed method offers a valuable contribution to health planning, with a view to the production of essential information to support the formulation of public policies, considering the differences in living and health conditions of the population, and strengthening the Family Health Strategy (ESF).