Análise de série histórica do indicador de internações por condições sensíveis à atenção básica de Santa Maria

Abstract

The indicators are considered synthesis measures that contains information about certain attributes and dimensions of health status and health system performance. Taken together reflect the health status of a population and serve to monitoring health conditions. This study aims to identify and analyze the health situation of Primary Care (PC) of Santa Maria through the worst performance indicator in the time series from 2008 to 2012 concerning the extension of the PC access and compare with the same indicator of Rio Grande do Sul and Brazil. It was performed a descriptive and documentary research based on a survey of health indicators related to expanding access to PC. It was analyzed the worst performance indicator for the period 2008 to 2012. It was observed that the worst performance indicator in the course of the series was Hospitalizations for Primary Care-Sensitive Conditions (HPCSC). The values increased by 2010 and remained in this condition by 2012. In 2010 the increase corresponded to a 95% variation compared to the base year (2008). This study indicates that the estimated population coverage by primary care teams may have directly influenced the performance of HPCSC indicator.