Introduction: Systemic arterial hypertension (SAH) has a high prevalence in Brazil and impacts on the use of health services.
Objective: This study verified the influence of the Family Health Strategy (FHS) on the use of health services by adults ≥ 18 years old who reported SAH in the National Health Survey (Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde - PNS) 2013.
Methods: The Propensity Score (PS) method was used to correct the lack of homogeneity between the groups with SAH under exposed or not to the FHS.