Acesso e utilização de serviços de saúde entre idosos brasileiros: inquérito epidemiológico nacional

Abstract

This thesis is part of the AQUARES study, designed to evaluate access to and use of health services, with an emphasis on the performance and quality of the health care network in Brazil. It is a requirement to complete Ana Paula Santana Coelho Almeida's doctoral course in Epidemiology, which was supervised by Profº. Dr. Luiz Augusto Facchini from the Postgraduate Program in Epidemiology at the Federal University of Pelotas, and Co-supervisor Profª. Dr. Rita de Cássia Duarte Lima, from the Postgraduate Program in Public Health at the Federal University of Espírito Santo. The volume is composed of four parts: 1st) research project; 2nd) fieldwork report; 3rd) original articles and 4th) summary for publication in the press (press release). The articles that will be presented to the panel are described below: Article 1 - Socioeconomic determinants of access to health services in the elderly: a systematic review. Article 2 - Lack of access and trajectory of use of health services among Brazilian elderly people. Article 3 - Inequalities in the use of medical care for Brazilian elderly people according to social characteristics, financing and municipal context.