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Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde
Print version ISSN 1679-4974On-line version ISSN 2237-9622
Abstract
ASTOLFO, Susi; KEHRIG, Ruth Terezinha and OLIVEIRA, Lígia Regina de. Availability of resources in Brazilian National Health System outpatient services for people living with HIV in Mato Grosso, Brazil, 2016. Epidemiol. Serv. Saúde [online]. 2018, vol.27, n.3, e2017406. Epub Oct 03, 2018. ISSN 1679-4974. http://dx.doi.org/10.5123/s1679-49742018000300001.
Objective:
to evaluate the availability of Brazilian National Health System (SUS) outpatient services for people living with HIV in Mato Grosso state, Brazil.
Methods:
this is an evaluative study with descriptive cross-sectional design carried out in 2016; data were collected via the HIV Services Quality Assessment System in all 15 outpatient services; data were analyzed by frequency of answers.
Results:
five of the 15 services had a sufficient number of physicians; antirretroviral drugs were out of stock for more than seven days in half of the services; other medications for sexually transmitted infections, opportunistic infections, Hepatitis B and C, and metabolic disorders were available in less than 1/3 of the services within the recommended timeframe.
Conclusion:
resources were found to be deficient in services for people living with HIV in Mato Grosso, mainly regarding the availability of professionals and drugs.
Keywords : Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; HIV; Health Evaluation: Epidemiology, Descriptive; Health Services Research.
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