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Production and record of information in health in Brazil: a descriptive landscape through PMAQ-AB

The aim of this study is to describe conditions for production and record information engendered on basic unit health in Brazil, by aggregated region and by population size. An analysis of indicators of the database generated by cycle I of the Program for Access and Quality Improvement in Primary Care (PMAQ-AB) has been made, stressing the following dimensions: infrastructure and informatics conditions, permanent education, and labor process. Differences on the analyzed variables were found. The analysis suggests that the system that needs technological resources for the development of more equitable health policies.

Health information systems; Family health; Primary Health Care


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