ANALYSIS OF ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES IN A MUNICIPALITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE: A PERCEPTION OF THE USERS FROM THE MODEL DISABILITY PROPOSAL SURVEY BRAZIL
Health Services Accessibility, Patient Satisfaction, Disabled Persons, International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health.
It is a product of the Qualifying Examination being developed by the Academic Master Degree Program in Collective Health at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Faculty of Health Sciences of Trairi, belonging to the Research Line Epidemiology and living conditions and population health. This study aims to evaluate the perception of users regarding access to health services in the municipality of Santa Cruz, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, through the Model Disability Survey - MDS-Brasil survey. This is an observational and cross-sectional study with data collected through a population survey in the city of Santa Cruz-RN. Adults and elderly people aged 18 or over, of both sexes, were included. In this study, a population survey was carried out and modules 1000- Sociodemographic data, 4000-Functionality and 6000-Use of Health Services from MDS Brazil were selected. The program used for statistical analysis was SPSS Statistics 22.0 and Programa R. 504 people were interviewed. Most respondents considered themselves dissatisfied with the health services provided in Brazil and classified the way in which the Unified Health System (SUS) in Brazil involves them in decisions about the types and where health services are provided, as “neither good or bad”. In the study, there was a prevalence of females, high school education, married marital status, brown race/color, country of birth Brazil and age range from 25 to 59 years. Most of the interviewees presented moderate disability for the aspect of mobility and body
functions and severe disability for the aspect of activity and participation.