Abstract
Objective
To analyze user satisfaction in relation to the essential attributes of Primary Health Care, in the State of Paraíba, based on secondary data from the PMAQ-AB.
Method
Cross-sectional study carried out between 2020 and 2021, with data from 5,347 users linked to 1,363 health teams in the State's PHC. Questions were selected from the material used in the External Assessment in the 3rd cycle of the PMAQ-AB referring to the demographic profile, socioeconomic status and instrument prepared by the researchers with 42 variables. User responses were categorized by health team: “Very Good” (value 4), “Good” (value 3), “Regular” (value 2), “Bad” (value 1) and “Very Bad” (value 0). Data were tabulated using frequency, simple percentages and analyzed in the form of tables in Excel 2010.
Result
The “Very Good” classification was 10,751 (52.5%) in First Contact Access, 9757 (55.1%) in Longitudinality, 1,315 (48.2%) in Care Coordination; with a smaller proportion of 4,146 (25.3%) in Integrality in the State of Paraíba.
Conclusion
The study showed a positive general classification with user satisfaction and the presence of attributes, in the Macro-regions and State. However, there was low performance in the Comprehensiveness attribute and worse evaluations attributed to Macroregion I.
Keywords:
Public Health; Primary Health Care; Health Evaluation; User’s Satisfaction