Census of the Primary Health Care structure in Brazil (2012): potential coverage estimates.
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OBJECTIVE: to estimate and discuss selected indicators of Primary Health Care (PHC) structure in Brazil in 2012. METHODS: a descriptive ecological study was carried out using Primary Health Care Centre census data from the National Program for Access and Quality Improvement in Primary Care (PMAQ-AB); potential coverage indicators were estimated for infrastructure, health team composition and services available. RESULTS: the results revealed high coverage (≥70%) in Brazil for Community Health Agents (87.6%), teams providing care 5 days or more a week (71.4%), in 2 or more daily periods (70%), with nursing care services (70.9%) and dressing changes (70.4%); on the other hand, coverage is still poor (≤30%) for teams in health centres with adequate external signage (25.4%), delivering care at the weekend (28.4%) and reception of service users by health professionals (10.4%). CONCLUSION: the findings of this study point to the great inequalities between Brazilian states in potential coverage as shown by APS structure indicators.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Epidemiologia e servicos de saude : revista do Sistema Unico de Saude do Brasil
دوره 26 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2017