Doctors throughout Brazil Program: innovation or continuity?

• Autor(a) principal: Melo Neto, Alexandre José de
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Barreto, Danyella da Silva
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Medicina de Família e Comunidade (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://www.rbmfc.org.br/rbmfc/article/view/2162
• topic: Health Policy; Primary Health Care; Health Consortia; Personnel Turnover; Política de Salud; Atención Primaria de Salud; Consorcios de Salud; Reorganización del Personal; Política de Saúde; Atenção Primária à Saúde; Consórcios de Saúde; Reorganização de Recursos Humanos; Programa Médicos pelo Brasil

Despite the launch of the Doctors throughout Brazil Program (PMB) bring the idea of innovation, this article highlights the continuity of the current program in relation to the More Doctors Program (PMM). The PMB structures itself in the PMM’s settings to assemble its operating framework and attempts to overcome existing problems in the previous program. The main proposal of the PMB is the medical career to work in Primary Health Care (PHC), without, however, presenting other important elements for professional fixation. Thus, it presents itself as a more fragile policy than its predecessor, focusing only on the provision of doctors, at the risk of not achieving the objectives it has set itself as a public policy. In addition, through the proposal to create the Agency for the Development of Primary Health Care (Adaps), the program leaves room for the privatization of PHC services and the Unified Health System as a whole.