Impact of expansion of primary care in child health: a population-based panel study in municipalities in the Brazilian Amazon.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Considering the expansion of primary care in areas of difficult access in the Brazilian territory in recent decades, the aim of this study to evaluate the effect of the Family Health Strategy (FHS) expansion on hospitalisations due to ambulatory care-sensitive conditions (ACSCs) and mortality in children under 5 years of age in the state of Pará, Brazilian Amazon.

Methods

A longitudinal analysis from 2008 to 2017 was conducted for data collected from the SUS's database (DATASUS) using panel regression methods to determine the association between the expansion FHS coverage, ACSC rate, under 5 mortality rate and child mortality rate in municipalities of the state of Pará.

Results

There was an expansion of 40% of the population coverage of the FHS, in the same

SUBMITTER: Carneiro VCCB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8900036 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature