| Self-assessment of health status based on a five-degree scale (from “very poor” to “very good”) and the impact on usual activities; perceived or diagnosed the presence of any of the listed chronic diseases (spine or back disease, arthritis or rheumatism, cancer, diabetes, bronchitis or asthma, hypertension or high blood pressure, heart disease, chronic kidney disease, depression, tuberculosis, tendonitis or tenosynovitis, and cirrhosis), selected based on three criteria (high prevalence, possibility of intervention, and reliability observed in other studies). |
Most of the questionnaire was kept; the most notable change is in questions about the presence of the chronic problems listed; while in the 1998 version, the question was open ("... do you have hypertension?"), in 2003, the existence of the diagnosis began to be questioned based on the claim of a "doctor or health professional", dispensing with people’s perception. |
There were no changes from the previous questionnaire. |
| Health plan coverage |
| Frequent hiring of health plans (medical and dental); private, business, or public institution; scale evaluation of the plan; socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of people covered by plans; profile of holders, dependents, and extended members; services covered by the plans; expenses incurred with the monthly fees of the plans. |
The previous questionnaire is maintained, with the addition of only one question about the type of accommodation (private room or apartment, collective, or infirmary) offered by the plan. |
The previous questionnaire is mainly maintained. Only one question about the uninterrupted time to which the respondent is entitled to the plan, and another about the number of health plans the respondent is entitled to, were added. |
| Access to health services |
| Check the habit of using the same health care provider and characterize it (formal, such as pharmacy, hospital, post, clinic, and health professional; or informal, such as spiritist center and healer); frequency of medical and dental appointments |
There were no changes from the previous questionnaire. |
Questions about continuous-use medications are added; availability of free dispensing or out-of-pocket purchase; other questions were added regarding the service source (plan, private, or the SUS) to the questions about attending the dentist. |
| Use of health services |
| Capture the demand for health-related care, the reason and frequency; service provider type; service consummation or not; public or private service; drug prescription and dispensing in the service; collection and source of payment for the service; the level of satisfaction with the service received; reasons for not looking. |
There were no significant changes from the previous questionnaire. |
Questions about prescription and access to medications were expanded; questions about the level of user satisfaction with the service were discarded. |
| Hospitalizaton |
| In the 12-month reference period, capture people who were hospitalized and characterize the frequency, duration, reason, care type received; whether public or private service and paying source; service evaluation |
There were no changes from the previous questionnaire. |
There were no changes from the previous questionnaire. |
| Physical mobility > 14 years |
| To measure the difficulty level with which one performs daily activities based on a progressive scale, identifying their stage of physical limitation. (IBGE, 1998) |
There were no changes from the previous questionnaire. |
The module has been expanded to include questions about physical activity |
| Health expenditure |
Access to women prevention services > 25 YEARS |
| Estimate the total expenses with health goods and services: health plan monthly fees, medical and other professional visits, hospitalizations, home nursing, tests, dental treatment, eyeglasses, and orthopedic items. This module was deleted in subsequent editions. |
Time since the last clinical breast exam, mammography, and preventive exam for cervical cancer |
Questions were added about the source of payment for services (out-of-pocket, health insurance, and the SUS) and about performing a hysterectomy. |
