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FAMILY HEALTH STRATEGY COVERAGE AND HOSPITALIZATION RATE FOR PRIMARY CARE SENSITIVE CONDITIONS IN A MUNICIPALITY IN THE SOUTHERNMOST STATE OF BRAZIL, 2014-2018
Jéssica do Nascimento Lampert*, Bruna Campos de Cesaro, Jacqueline Oliveira Silva, Ronaldo Bordin
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Introduction: Primary Care Sensitive Conditions (PCSC) are health problems that serve as an instrument for assessing and monitoring the effectiveness of the primary care level of the health system. Objective: This study aim to contextualize the relationship between the coverage of the Family Health Strategy and the rate of hospitalizations for PCSC in the municipality of Santana do Livramento (Brazil), from 2014 to 2018. Methods: This is a quantitative study based on data from the Hospital Information System of the Brazilian public health system, as well as from the primary health care information system of Santana do Livramento Municipality, a city in the southernmost state of Brazil. Results: hospitalizations PCSC accounted for 24% of total hospitalizations, with a 12% reduction from 2014 to 2018. In the same period population coverage by family health teams increased from 29% to 46%. The main causes of hospitalizations were diseases of the respiratory system (47% of admissions), followed by digestive tract diseases (20%) and circulatory system diseases (9%). Conclusion: It was not possible to observe a relationship between the coverage rate by family health teams and a reduction in hospitalizations due to conditions sensitive to primary care.
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