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0029/2018 - More Doctors Project to Brazil in the Northeast: Evaluation of Hospitalizations for Primary Care Sensitive Conditions.
Projeto Mais Médicos para o Brasil no Nordeste: Avaliação das Internações por Condições Sensíveis à Atenção Primária à Saúde.

Author:

• Rogério Fabiano Gonçalves - Gonçalves, RF - <rogeriofabiano@gmail.com>

Co-author(s):

• Islândia Maria Carvalho de Sousa - Sousa, IMC - <islandia@cpqam.fiocruz.br>
• Oswaldo Y. Tanaka - Tanaka, OY - <oytanaka@usp.br>
• Carlos Renato dos Santos - Santos, Carlos Renato dos - <carlosrenato@estatistico.com>
• Keila Silene de Brito Silva - Silva, KSB - <keilabritoufpe@gmail.com>
• Lara Ximenes Santos - Santos, Lara Ximenes - <lara.xis@gmail.com>
• Adriana Falangola Benjamin Bezerra - Bezerra, AFB - <afalangola@uol.com.br>


Abstract:

This article examines professionals growth in Brazilian Northeast enhanced by More Doctors Program. Increase effectiveness was analyzed through admissions for Primary Care Sensitive Conditions as an indicator. The methodology was of quantitative approach,data on distribution and provision of doctors in the states, and hospitalizations for diarrhea and gastroenteritis between September 2012 to August 2015. Selection of Sensitive Condition considered aspects of their high frequency in the period, intervention simplicity, and historical occurrence in Northeast. Results show that More Doctors Program influenced a reduction of hospitalizations in this Sensitive Condition, which decreased by 35% in the period investigated, with important differences between states. Despite the importance of the contribution of medical professionals to the health system, it is known that in isolation the effect of increasing a professional category is limited to the improvement of the APS.

Keywords:

Program Evaluation; Family Health Strategy; Primary Health Care.

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Gonçalves, RF, Sousa, IMC, Tanaka, OY, Santos, Carlos Renato dos, Silva, KSB, Santos, Lara Ximenes, Bezerra, AFB. More Doctors Project to Brazil in the Northeast: Evaluation of Hospitalizations for Primary Care Sensitive Conditions.. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2018/Jan). [Citado em 21/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/more-doctors-project-to-brazil-in-the-northeast-evaluation-of-hospitalizations-for-primary-care-sensitive-conditions/16562?id=16562



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