Avaliação, monitoramento e melhoria da qualidade na APS

Abstract

This technical report is part of the set of actions developed by the Primary Health Care Research Network and presents its position on evaluation, monitoring and quality improvement in PHC. In a context of serious health crisis that exposes the institutional, financial and operational difficulties in responding to the health situation, it situates the debate and brings proposals that strengthen an evaluative practice as an essential instrument for the improvement and strengthening of actions that enhance the role of PHC in the context of the SUS. These notes address: the assessment in the context of PHC in a historical and institutional perspective that locates its relevance in the trajectory of the SUS. The importance of understanding the concepts, metrics and indicators and appropriating them to the qualified debate within the PHC. A position for the APS Network in terms of challenges and propositions, aiming for a stronger APS than ever.