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Revista Medica Herediana

Print version ISSN 1018-130XOn-line version ISSN 1729-214X

Abstract

LIZANA, Magaly; FLORES, Estefany Ángela  and  CARHUAYO-LUJAN, Silvia. Evaluation of primary care attributes at the first level of care in Ayacucho, Peru. Rev Med Hered [online]. 2020, vol.31, n.3, pp.175-180. ISSN 1018-130X.  http://dx.doi.org/10.20453/rmh.v31i3.3807.

Objective:

To evaluate primary care attributes at the four first level of care centers in Ayacucho, Peru.

Methods:

a cross-sectional study was carried-out from 5-24 of February, 2018. An interview using the short version of the structured Brazilian Primary Care Assessment Tool translated into Spanish was done.

Results:

The least qualified attributes were family focus, community orientation and first contact-accessibility, in contrast coordination and first contact-utilization and globality attained the highest qualification. Marked differences were found among the centers with the exception of family focus that was found deficient by all centers.

Conclusions:

Differences in the attributes were found among the first level centers evaluated.

Keywords : Primary health care; comprehensive health care; quality; access and evaluation of health care.

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