[Continuity of care between care levels: experiences of users in a municipal health network].

This study analyzes the experiences of users on the continuity of clinical management between care levels. This is a cross-sectional quantitative study that uses data from a survey conducted with 407 users of a public health network in Recife, Pernambuco State, Brazil, in 2017 and 2018. The experiences on the continuity of clinical management were explored from two dimensions: coherence of care and accessibility between levels of care.

[Coordination of clinical management between levels: the views of physicians in primary and specialized care in Recife, Pernambuco State, Brazil].

This study analyzed the views of physicians towards coordination of clinical management between different levels of care. This was a cross-sectional quantitative study using data from a survey of 182 physicians in primary healthcare (PHC) and specialized care in Recife, Pernambuco State, Brazil, in 2017. The results revealed significant differences in the physicians' experience.

[Participatory modeling of educational activities in the Healthcare Planning strategy: backing for assessment of effectiveness].

The Healthcare Planning strategy is a powerful device for reorganization of work processes in healthcare networks and has been implemented by the Brazilian National Council of State Health Secretaries since 2013 in 25 health regions in 11 states, offering a set of educational activities for healthcare workers in the Brazilian Unified National Health System. This study aims to describe the process of participatory and consensual modeling of educational activities to back the assessment of the strategy's effectiveness. Development of the modeling used consultation with 18 key informants, selected intentionally according to their proximity to the educational activities' planning and execution.

Evaluation of the Program to Combat Neglected Diseases in controlling schistosomiasis mansoni in three hyperendemic municipalities, Pernambuco, Brazil, 2014.

Objective: to evaluate the implementation of schistosomiasis mansoni control actions under the Program to Combat Neglected Diseases in three municipalities in Pernambuco state, Brazil.

Methods: implementation analysis was done in 2014, considering the following components - management, epidemiological surveillance, patient care, laboratorial support and health education -; direct observation and interviews were carried out with managers and technical personnel at the state, regional, and municipal levels.

Results: partial implementation was found in municipalities A and B 69.

[Evaluation of urgent and emergency services in the hospital referral system in Northeast Brazil].

This article evaluates the degree of implementation of ten urgent and emergency hospital services comprising the macro and micro-regional referral system in Pernambuco State, Northeast Brazil. The study analyzes criteria related to structure (physical and organizational, and material and human resources) and process (routine and referral/counter-referral activities), classifying the hospitals as satisfactory, acceptable, and deficient. The majority of the hospitals were classified as deficient, including all the micro-regional units and one macro-regional referral unit.