Assessment of the essential attributes of Primary Health Care for children.

Objective: To identify the presence and extent of essential attributes in primary health care services for children, focusing on the evaluation of structure and process.

Method: Evaluative, quantitative study carried out in 23 traditional basic health units in a city in Parana State, with 548 caregivers of children under 12 years old, using the Primary Care Assessment Instrument (PCATool Brazil), child version. Essential and general scores of the primary care were calculated according to the methodology proposed, with a cut-off score ≥6.