Primary health care as assessed by health professionals: comparison of the traditional model versus the Family Health Strategy

ABSTRACT: Introduction: The Family Health Strategy (FHS) should be first-contact care in the Brazilian Health System. However, Primary Health Care (PHC) still encompasses two models: the FHS and the traditional health care facilities. The expansion of the FHS has been slow and heterogeneous in man...

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Main Authors: Cristina Rabelo Flôr, Cláudia Di Lorenzo Oliveira, Clareci Silva Cardoso, Cleonice Ferreira Rabelo, Bernardo Luis Gontijo, Suzana Freitas de Carvalho, Pedro Messenger Caldeira Bretas, Hygor Cabral Silva, Mariana Linhares Pereira, Cristiane Menezes de Pádua
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva
Series:Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-790X2017000600714&lng=en&tlng=en