Author:

• Anny Mirene Alves Moreira Rodrigues - Rodrigues, A.M.A.M - <annymirene@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2651-7836

Co-author(s):

• Alessandro Leite Cavalcanti - Cavalcanti, A. L. - <dralessandro@ibest.com.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3572-3332
• José Lucas dos Santos Henrique Pereira - Pereira, J.L.S.H - <lucasantosh94@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7502-059X
• Carolina Lúcio Cunha de Araújo - Araújo, C.L.C - <carolinalcaraujo@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1334-6839
• Italo Macedo Bernardino - Bernardino, I.M - <italo.macedo50@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4750-5666
• Raiff Leite Soares - Soares, R.L. - <belchiorlucena@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4993-5598
• Deborah Ellen Wanderley Gomes Freire - Freire, D. E. W. G - <ellenwg.d@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0001-7430
• Renata Souza Coelho-Soares - Coelho-Soares, R.S - <drarenatacoelho@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5213-3698

Abstract:

The aim of this study was to investigate the use of health services according to social determinants, health behaviors and quality of life among diabetics (n=416) assisted by Family Health Strategy in a northeast city of Brazil. Data analysis included descriptive, bivariate and multivariate statistics. It was applied Decision Tree modeling using the Chi-squared Automatic Interaction Detector (CHAID) algorithm. Results showed that public health services were used by 80.7% of the sample. The regular use of public health services involved individuals with low or medium schooling (p

Keywords:

Diabetes Mellitus, Health Services, Family Health, Primary Health Care, Health Inequalities

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