Performance evaluation of Primary Care in Brazilian municipalities with Synthetic Indicator

The aim was to evaluate the performance of Primary Care in Brazilian municipalities. We used the synthetic indicator proposed by the Evaluation Model of Primary Care - Nepas. We evaluated the size of the Provision of Primary Care for the life cycles using the criteria of efficacy, relevance, and effectiveness, using secondary data from 2012. The South contains 31.57% of satisfactory municipalities while the North is presented with 7.8% of municipalities in such condition. The results show discrepancies between the regions of the country, pointing out the need to restructure this level of attention in the municipalities with the worst performances.

Health evaluation; Primary Health Care; Health management; Brazil