Evaluation of the physical structure of Basic Health Units

• Autor(a) principal: Gomes, Raimundo Nonato Silva
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Outros Autores: Portela, Nytale Lindsay Cardoso, Pedrosa, Aliny de Oliveira, Monte, Luma Ravena Soares, Cunha, Juliane Danielly Santos, Soares, Thiego Ramon
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Rev Rene (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/2776
• topic: Health Services Evaluation; Health Infrastructure; Primary Health Care.

Objective: to evaluate the infrastructure of basic health units, as the adaptation to the standards recommended by theMinistry of Health. Methods: descriptive study with a quantitative approach, carried in 18 basic health units. For datacollection, we used a checklist built based on Ministerial Decree 2,226/09. Data analysis was performed using the StatisticalPackage for Social Sciences and a scoring scale (0-10) was used for the classification of health facilities. Results: 16.6% of theanalyzed units received the average score of 3.5; 16.6% received 3.0; 5.5%, 2.5; 16.6% received grade 2.0; 11.1%, 1.5; 11.1%,1.0; and 22.2% received 0.5 and, therefore, all units had inadequate physical structure. Conclusion: the city does not offerthe public a service that addresses the ideals standards in its structure in most of the inspected units.