GESTÃO EM SAÚDE NA ATENÇÃO PRIMÁRIA À SAÚDE NO BRASIL: UMA REVISÃO INTEGRATIVA

Abstract

Objective: Understand how the studies published in the scientific literature in the last five years approach health management in Primary Health Care in Brazil. Method: An integrative literature review was carried out with a search in the Scielo, Lilacs and Pubmed databases, in Portuguese, English and Spanish, in the last five years using the descriptors: health administration, primary health care, health management and health promotion. The following steps were taken: identification of the theme and research question, choice of inclusion and exclusion criteria, search in databases, analysis of the studies found and presentation of the review. Results: Initially, 2,553 articles were selected. After analyzing the title and abstract, 30 articles answered the questions and inclusion criteria. Then, there was an exhaustive reading of the study, four articles were selected for meeting all the inclusion criteria. Articles were summarized and classified according to the level of evidence, and later grouped into thematic categories. Conclusion: The analyzed publications showed that health management in Primary Health Care is still challenging and faces difficulties.