Acessibilidade aos serviços de saúde na atenção básica do estado de Goiás

Resumo

The objective of this study was to evaluate accessibility to primary health care services in the state of Goiás. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted based on secondary data from the National Program to Improve Access to and Quality of Primary Health Care. The study sample was composed of health professionals from 1,216 primary health care units. Results showed that 68.5% of the health units miss a screening room, thus considerably damaging prompt decision-making by professionals. The lack of medical offices in 2% of the sites hinders the primary health care services accessibility in Goiás. As regards opening hours and work shifts, 86% of the units are open five days a week in eighthour shifts, which does not favor accessibility for users. This study confirms the lack of accessibility to health services and the need for additional investments to strengthen primary health care.

Descrição

v. 17, n. 3, jul./set. 2015.

Palavras-chave

Acessibilidade aos serviços de saúde, Atenção primária à saúde, Avaliação em saúde, Enfermagem em saúde comunitária, Health services accessibility, Primary health care, Health evaluation, Community health nursing

Citação

RIBEIRO, Juliana Pires; MAMED, Samira Nascimento; SOUZA, Marta Rovery; SOUZA, Márcia Maria de; ROSSO, Claci Fátima Weirich. Acessibilidade aos serviços de saúde na atenção básica do estado de Goiás. Revista Eletrônica de Enfermagem, Goiânia, v. 17, n. 3, jul./set. 2015. Disponível em: < http://revistas.ufg.emnuvens.com.br/fen/article/view/29436/20739>.