Author:

• Gustavo de Araújo Porto Landsberg - Landsberg, GAP - BELO HORIZONTE, MG - Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade José Rosário Vellano (Unifenas-BH) / Programa de mestrado da Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona - <gustavolandsberg@gmail.com>

Co-author(s):

• Rafael Azagra - Azagra, R. - Departamento de Medicina – Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona / EAP Badia del Vallès (ICS). USR MN. IDIAP Jordi Gol. Barcelona, Espanha. - <rafael.azagra@uab.cat>
• Janaína Le Sann Nascimento - Nascimento, J. L. S. - Residência de Medicina de Família e Comunidade do Hospital Regional de Betim - <jlsn81@yahoo.com.br>
• Janaína Miranda Rocha de Freitas - Freitas, JMR. - Residência de Medicina de Família e Comunidade do Hospital Regional de Betim - <janainamrff@yahoo.com.br>
• André Bonamigo de Sousa - Sousa, AB. - Residência de Medicina de Família e Comunidade do Hospital Regional de Betim - <andrebonamigo@hotmail.com>
• Leonardo Cançado Monteiro Savassi - Savassi, LCM - Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais - Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto / Programa de Doutorado do Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou (Fiocruz Minas). - <leosavassi@gmail.com>

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Abstract:

In many countries, a person’s visit to Primary Health Care (PHC) may be classified with the International Classication of Primary Care (ICPC-2). This instrument allows to consider the person’s reasons to seek care, beeing hepful to design strategies in order to attend the population’s health needs. Objective: to study the main reasons for encouter in same-day appointment on PHC units of a medium-sized city of Brazil. Methodology: all encounters of a typical month of work of three family practice residents were considered. Data was extracted from a secondary database of same-day appointments during springtime of 2010, classified witth ICPC and then statistically analysed. Results: 1222 registries were considered; 32 reasons for encounter were responsable for 50% of contacts. Most common episodes of care were related to the ICPC chapter General and unespecific. About 20% of visits ocurred for administrative reasons. Female sex and greater age (util 59 years old) were determinants of more reasons for encounter. Conclusion: the knowledge of reasons for encounter classified with ICPC-2 may help PHC teams to deal with health problems presented by their population on same-day appointments – the critical point of access to PHC.

Keywords:

Primary Health Care Health Services Accessibility User Embracement Health Services Needs and Demand Family Practice

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