42 interviews with health professionals, managers, council members, and users in a rural city in Pará assess the implementation of Brazil's More Doctors Program. The research by Lucélia Luiz Pereira uses content analysis to evaluate contributions and challenges in providing comprehensive health care. Results suggest improvements in primary care access but highlight ongoing issues like drug shortages and referral follow-up.
Use Cases
- Evaluate primary healthcare access improvements based on interview data on consultation numbers
- Identify systemic challenges in rural health networks based on reported issues like drug shortages
- Assess program sustainability based on qualitative feedback on maintenance and recurrent problems
Strengths
- 42 structured interviews provide qualitative depth
- Focus on a specific rural municipality in Pará offers localized context
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
Provenance
- Source
- Lucélia Luiz Pereira
- Collection Method
- Content analysis of interviews conducted in a rural city
- Geography
- Rural municipality in the state of Pará, Brazil, Amazon region