Challenges facing the More Doctors program (Programa Mais Medicos) in vulnerable and peri-urban areas in Greater Brasilia, Brazil.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A shortage of physicians, especially in vulnerable and peri-urban areas, is a global phenomenon that has serious implications for health systems, demanding policies to assure the provision and retention of health workers. The aim of this study was to analyze the strategies employed by the More Doctors Program (Programa Mais Médicos) to provide primary care physicians in vulnerable and peri-urban parts of Greater Brasilia.

Methods

The study used a qualitative approach based on the precepts of social constructivism. Forty-nine semi-structured interviews were conducted: 24 with physicians employed as part of the More Doctors program, five with program medical supervisors, seven with secondary care physicians, twelve with primary care coordinators, and one federal adm

SUBMITTER: Shimizu HE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8559374 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature