[Characteristics of consultation and mothers' satisfaction in primary care for children under 5 years of age, Fortaleza, Brazil].

The scope of this study is to describe aspects related to the dimensions of access, the service characteristics and factors associated with satisfaction of mothers in the city of Fortaleza, Ceará. It is an observational, cross-sectional population-based study conducted in 2008 in Fortaleza, Ceará. Families with at least one child under 5 years of age living at home and who were users of the Unified Health System (SUS) were included, The Pearson chi-square test, and when appropriate the Fisher exact test, were used for the statistical associations.