Comparative Study between Health Care Units with and without Family Health Strategy using PCATool

• Autor(a) principal: Martins, Julie Silvia
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Abreu, Silvio Carlos Coelho, Quevedo, Michele Peixoto, Bourget, Monique Marie Marthe
• 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/1252
• topic: Primary Health Care. Family Health Strategy. Health Services Evaluation.Health Evaluation; Atención Primaria de Salud. Estrategia de Salud Familiar. Evaluación de Servicios de Salud.Evaluación en Salud; Atenção Primária à Saúde. Estratégia Saúde da Família. Avaliação de Serviços de Saúde.Avaliação em Saúde; Atenção Primária à Saúde; Estratégia Saúde da Família; Avaliação de serviços de saúde.

Objective: To compare the presence and extension of attributes that are considered essentials and derived from Primary Health Care (PHC) in Health Care Units (HCU) localized in the eastern region of the city of São Paulo, that work under the optic of Family Health Strategy (FHS) and the ones that do not, called traditional units. Methods: All the physicians, nurses and dentists, hired by the PHC Santa Marcelina institution, who work in these HCU were invited to participate in the study. The data collection was realized by the use of PCATool. Results: The results indicate a better performance of the HCU with FHCS with respect to the PHC attributes such as longitudinality (p=0.0330), integrality (of services offered) (p=0.0011), community orientation (p=0.0017) and consequently in the essential score (0.0327) and in general (0.0098). The scores lead us to infer that the work process in the FHCS offers a better setting for the development of these attributes. Conclusion: It can thus be concluded that HCU with FHCS aggregate more quality to Primary Health Care.