Association between high assessment of Primary Health Care and health state and use of health services in Brazil

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ID5334562
AutoresFernanda Cunha De Carvalho (0000-0002-5284-0373, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais), Carina Sernaglia Gomes (0000-0001-6586-4561, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais), Regina Tomie Ivata Bernal (0000-0002-7917-3857, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais), Heider Pinto (0000-0002-8346-1480, Universidade Federal da Bahia), Cimar Azeredo Pereira (0000-0001-6183-1607, Fundação Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE), Brasil), Deborah Carvalho Malta (0000-0002-8214-5734, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais)
Año2024
Volumen48
Número141
Fecha de publicación2024-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSaúde em Debate (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0103-1104 • E-ISSN: 2358-2898
EditorialFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/2358-289820241418666i
OpenAlexW4400855453
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas18

The present study described the characteristics of individuals who use Primary Health Care (PHC) services and evaluated the association between the high assessment of PHC attributes, from the perspective of users, with health conditions and the use of health services in Brazil. This work is a cross-sectional study that analyzed data from the 2019 National Health Survey, in which 9,562 adults responded to the Primary Care Assessment Tool (PCATool). The association between high PHC assessment (general score ≥ 6.6) and health conditions and the use of services was tested, and it was found that the adult users who most use public PHC are between 40 and 59 years of age, women, with a low level of education, and brown. Those who best evaluated PHC were individuals who used the same service, who sought out services in the last 2 weeks, and who had been hospitalized. The greater use of health services points to a better assessment of PHC

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