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0025/2018 - Characteristics of more medical program professional distribution in the northeast.
Características da distribuição de profissionais do programa mais médicos nos estados do nordeste.

Author:

• Priscila Tamar Alves Nogueira - Nogueira, PTA - <pri.tamar22@gmail.com>

Co-author(s):

• Adriana Falangola Benjamin Bezerra - Bezerra, AFB - <afalangola@uol.com.br>
• Antonio Flaudiano Bem Leite - Leite, AFB - <afbl@outlook.com.br>
• Islândia Maria de Carvalho Sousa - Sousa, IMC - <slandia@cpqam.fiocruz.br>
• Rogério Fabiano Gonçalves - Gonçalves, RF - <rogeriofabiano@gmail.com>
• Keila Silene de Brito Silva - Silva, KSB - <keilabritoufpe@gmail.com>


Abstract:

Inequalities in access to health services affected by the shortage and poor geographical distribution of health professionals have been iden those tified as a challenge for the country. This paper makes analysis of the geographic distribution of professionals working in the Northeastthe Program “Mais Médicos”, through a descriptive, cross-sectional and quantitative study. Secondary data transferred by the Ministry of Health,SEGTES, were used, and thematic distribution maps of these, being developed in the region. Data4716 doctors, that have joined health teams in 1294 municipalities and six Indigenous sanitary districts, were analyzed between the years 2013 and 2014. Most of the region\'s municipalities received between one and five doctors. The most benefited municipalities had at least 20% of the population in extreme poverty. Regarding the type of health facility, 99.9% of physicians were allocated to Health Center / Basic Unit . Most professionals were women (57%) with a mean age range of 45 to 49 years (24%)... However, despite the advances provided by the program, as the distribution to municipalities with greater vulnerability, the shortage of doctors in some states is not over.

Keywords:

Health Unic System; Program “Mais Médicos”; Primary Health Care.

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Nogueira, PTA, Bezerra, AFB, Leite, AFB, Sousa, IMC, Gonçalves, RF, Silva, KSB. Characteristics of more medical program professional distribution in the northeast.. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2018/Jan). [Citado em 27/09/2024]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/characteristics-of-more-medical-program-professional-distribution-in-the-northeast/16558



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