Nursing & Primary Care

Open Access ISSN: 2639-9474

Abstract


The Value in Primary Health Care: Challenges and Perspectives

Authors: Mara Marcia Machado, Bruno Cavalcanti Farras, Geovana Magalhães Ferecini Tomasella, Ariadine Cristina Rodrigues de Oliveira, Elizabeth Fernandes Reis, Lucianna Reis Novaes, Michel Matos de Barros, Flora Seara, Regina Celia Gatto Cardia de Almeida, Tatiana Melgaço Calçada, Fernanda Pereira Hernandes, Adriana Freitas Silva.

Value-based care is discussed in different ways in several countries, but it is directly related to delivering better results, quality of care and patient and professional satisfaction. This way, it is essential to understand how the form of coordination for integrated care, but also as the basic for the organization of the system, help to promote health. In this sense, primary care, given the current scenario, brings high expectations, establishment or balance of the system regarding health promotion, disease prevention, rehabilitation and assistance, in addition to being associated with quality improvement, cost adequacy, patient and professional’s satisfaction.

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