The health evaluation is understood to be a guideline for the effectiveness of public administration, seeking to ensure health access and care quality. Strategies have been undertaken by the National Primary Care Policy to stimulate the expansion of access to health services. Thus, in 2011, the National Program for Improving Access and Quality of Primary Care (PMAQ) was created by the Ministry of Health with ac...
http://dx.doi.org/10.5902/217976928494Aim: the study aimed to identify the geographical and organizational accessibility of Tuberculosis (Tb) patients at a city of the central area of Rio Grande do Sul. Method: the sample was formed by seventy addresses of Tb patients at the period of 1999 and 2008. Information were obtained from geographical and territorial boundaries of the Brazilian Institute of Geography an...