Primary child health care: the largest population-based assessment in the history of Brazilian National Health System

Ciencia e Saude Coletiva

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Pinto, Luiz Felipe¹  Caldas, Ana Luiza Ferreira Rodrigues² 

[1] Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro;Secretaria Municipal de Saúde do Rio de Janeiro

关键词: Primary health care;    Child health evaluation;    Household surveys;    PCAT;    Brazil;   

DOI  :  10.1590/1413-81232022278.06092022EN

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Associacao Brasileira de Pos - Graduacao em Saude Coletiva

【 摘 要 】

The IBGE has been playing a leading role in the public policy evaluation in Brazil since 2019. After the National Health Survey (PNS) evaluated primary care services in the Unified Health System (SUS) provided to adults, in 2022, the Continuous National Household Sample Survey (PNAD-C) investigated child health. To this end, it adopted one version of the Primary Care Assessment Tool (PCAT), developed and disseminated by Starfield and Shi to assess the existence and extent of the attributes of PHC services. The target audience surveyed included children under 13 years of age, and the questionnaires were answered by their guardians/caregivers. It included all the 27 federative units of the country in random probabilistic samples, also unfolding in the Brazilian metropolitan regions and capitals. This is the largest household survey on child health assessment ever conducted in Brazil. With the PNS-2019 and the PNAD-C in 2022, IBGE inaugurates its greatest legacy for Brazilian primary health care regarding the evaluation of SUS users, with all federative units recognizing and understanding how Brazilian society evaluates health services at the first level of care.

【 授权许可】

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