PURPOSE: to describe the profile of people interviewed by Household Sample Survey of Minas Gerais (PAD/MG) who received speech-language therapy services in May 2009 in Minas Gerais. METHOD: analysis of patients assisted by speech-language pathologist and interviewed by PAD-MG. The variables considered were: income, age, gender, perceived health status, legal source service provider. RESULTS: 15 interviewed people reported that they were assisted by speech-language pathologists in May 2009, which represents 0.2% of Minas Gerais population (using the sample weight). 60% of these are males aged between 1 and 82 years and 75% reported good health. CONCLUSION: the most of the interviewed people assisted by speech-language pathologists were attended by the Unified Health System. There was a great variation in age, and 66% of youth and adults attended are literate. It was possible to notice a need for expansion of speech-language pathologist's assistance in Minas Gerais in order to attend the whole population, seeking the universality, integrity and equity. These Unified Health System principles are also the guide lines of health care in the Minas Gerais.
Unified Health System; Health Public Policy; Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences; Health Care (Public Health)
