| Literature DB >> 31093213 |
Allan Claudius Queiroz Barbosa1, Pedro Vasconcelos Amaral2, Gabriel Vivas Francesconi3, Carlos Rosales4, Elisandréa Sguario Kemper3, Núbia Cristina da Silva1, Juliana Goulart Nascimento Soares5, Joaquín Molina3, Thiago Augusto Hernandes Rocha3.
Abstract
Despite the 40 years elapsed since the Alma-Ata principles were first launched, a series of challenges still persists for the consolidation of primary health care (PHC) as the backbone of health care systems around the world. Among these challenges, especially noteworthy are the issues associated with the inequality in the allocation of human resources. The experience of the More Doctors Program (Programa Mais Médicos, PMM) in Brazil is an example of initiatives that tackle this inconclusive Alma-Ata agenda. By changing key aspects of physician training, provision, and allocation, PMM was shown to be a feasible alternative to minimize the challenge of physician shortage. Assessments of PMM, even though preliminary, have produced positive evidence showing increase in access and improvement of PHC quality in Brazil, a middle income country. Nevertheless, the generation of more robust evidence regarding the impact of PMM on PHC performance indicators is urgent. The discussion proposed in the present article emphasizes the need to prioritize quasi-experimental studies to measure the impact of PMM on population health. The article thus introduces a set of guidelines that may become a useful model to approach challenges associated with the shortage of health care professionals in low and middle income countries.Entities:
Keywords: Human Resources; delivery of health care; health care rationing; physicians distribution
Year: 2018 PMID: 31093213 PMCID: PMC6386048 DOI: 10.26633/RPSP.2018.185
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Rev Panam Salud Publica ISSN: 1020-4989
FIGURA 1Clusters espaciais de valores associados à rotatividade de profissionais médicos da atenção básica, Brasilᵃ
ᵃ Vermelho: clusters espaciais com alta rotatividade médica; azul: clusters com baixa rotatividade de médicos; amarelo: regiões que não foram categorizadas como pertencentes a clusters estatisticamente significativos.
FIGURA 3Geolocalização das unidades básicas de saúde (UBS) que receberam profissionais do Programa Mais Médicos, Brasil, dezembro de 2015
FIGURA 4Geolocalização de internações por condições sensíveis à atenção primária em hospitais de Goiás, Brasil, 2015