[Identification and characterization of constituent elements of an intervention: pre-evaluation of the "ParticipaSUS" policy].

This article presents the results of a pre-evaluation of the National Policy of Strategic and Participative Management of the Unified Health System (ParticipaSUS). It involved a feasibility study conducted between October 2010 and March 2011 with Federal Management and the Strategic and Participative Management Department/Ministry of Health as the unit of analysis. Document analysis was performed and consensus meetings were held with professionals of the SSPM/MH and academic area.

[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.