Author(s)

Tainara Lôrena dos Santos Ferreira¹, Iris do Céu Clara Costa², Fábia Barbosa de Andrade¹

¹Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences of Trairi (FACISA), Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Santa Cruz, Brazil.
²Odontology Department, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil.

Objectives: The goal of this project was to evaluate the quality of the accessibility of the adult population to services in Primary Health Care, with a view to contribute to the development of measures that will propose improvement in the offered assistance. Methods: This is a quantitative and evaluative study made in the municipality of Santa Cruz, State of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, with a sample of 180 people. The study was approved by the Ethics and Research Committee of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte under Opinion number 152/2012. Results: It was found that the adult population classified the quality of care from regular to good, showing an association with the waiting time, time spent from the unit to one’s house and the reception. Conclusions: It could be concluded that this study contributes to the development of strategies able to provide a full and equitable care to the adult population in the primary health care network, since this is the gateway to other levels of care, because it aims to promote adult health and prevent diseases.

Health Services Accessibility, Primary Health Care, Health Evaluation

Ferreira, T. , Costa, I. and de Andrade, F. (2016) Assessment of the Accessibility of Users in Primary Health Care. Open Journal of Epidemiology, 6, 183-190. doi: 10.4236/ojepi.2016.64020.