Evaluation of accessibility in primary health care from the perspective of managers

• Autor(a) principal: Coelho Moura Garcia, Mariana
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Fonda Barra, Jhayne, Andrade e Silva, Érika, da Conceição Oliveira Coelho, Angélica
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: HU Revista (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufjf.br/index.php/hurevista/article/view/28759
• topic: Primary Health Care; Access to Health Services; Health Services Administration; Health Evaluation; Atenção Primária à Saúde; Acesso aos Serviços de Saúde; Administração de Serviços de Saúde; Avaliação em Saúde

Introdution: The Brazilian public system is enabled by Primary Health Care, wich presents as the first preferential contact of users with the health service. Given this importance, select a service evaluation as a search management tool that can detect potential service weaknesses and potentials. Objective: To assess the presence and extension of the accessibility attribute from the perspective of primary health care managers. Material and methods: Evaluative cross-sectional study. Data were collected from 42 managers of primary health care units, through the self-administered questionnaire Primary Care Assessment Tool-Brazil, version for professionals. Statistical analysis was performed using the Statiscal Package for Social Sciences software (version 22). The Mann Whitney U test was used to compare the scores the attention models (eSF na eAB), areas (rural and urban), training and professional qualification, with a significance level of 5%. Results: Accessibility was unsatisfactory in all analyzes, with better evaluation of Family Health teams (p=0,375) in the rural areas (p=0,528) among professionals who havespecialization in Family health (p=0,685) and Family health residency (p=0,196). Conclusion: The study pointed out structural weaknesses of the service regarding accessibility, and identified the importance of investments in the qualification of professionals as a factor that promotes better access to the service.