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. 2017 Jun 1;51(Suppl 1):3s. doi: 10.1590/S1518-8787.2017051000074

Table 3. Indicators of access to and use of health services by Brazilian macroregions. 2013 National Health Survey.

Indicator Total Macroregion

North Northeast Southeast South Center-Wes






% 95CI% % 95CI% % 95CI% % 95CI% % 95CI% % 95CI%
Did not perform normal activities for health reasons in the two weeks prior to the survey 7.0 6.8–7.2 5.8 5.4–6.3 7.8 7.5–8.2 6.2 5.8–6.6 8.4 7.8–9.0 7.0 6.5–7.5
Usually seeks the same facility, doctor or health service when in need of health care 77.8 77.0–78.6 74.2 71.9–76.4 74.3 72.7–75.8 79.6 78.3–81.0 83.0 81.2–84.9 74.8 73.1–76.6
Visited a doctor in the last 12 months 71.2 70.7–71.7 61.4 59.9–62.9 66.3 65.5–67.2 75.8 74.8–76.8 73.8 72.6–74.9 69.5 68.4–70.6
Visited a dentist in the last 12 months 44.4 43.8–45.1 34.4 33.0–35.9 37.5 36.5–38.4 48.3 47.1–49.5 51.9 50.2–53.6 44.9 43.6–46.2
Sought health care in the two weeks prior to the survey 15.3 15.0–15.7 10.1 9.4–10.7 13.4 12.8–13.9 17.1 16.4–17.8 17.9 16.9–18.9 13.8 13.1–14.4
... and received care in the first visit 95.3 94.9–95.8 93.6 92.3–95.0 93.7 92.9–94.5 96.3 95.5–97.0 96.3 95.3–97.2 93.7 92.5–95.0
... and received care 97.0 96.6–97.4 95.6 94.4–96.8 95.8 95.1–96.5 97.4 96.8–98.1 98.2 97.6–98.8 96.4 95.5–97.2
Received health care in the last two weeks, with prescribed medicines 64.8 63.8–65.9 67.1 64.5–69.8 63.5 61.8–65.3 63.8 62.0–65.6 68.5 65.9–71.0 65.5 63.3–67.7
Obtained all medicines prescribed in the last health care visit 82.5 81.2–83.7 75.8 72.8–78.8 80.8 78.9–82.6 83.1 81.0–85.3 84.8 82.2–87.5 83.0 80.7–85.2
Obtained at least one medicine prescribed in the last health care visit 92.4 91.7–93.1 91.5 90.0–92.9 90.0 88.5–91.5 92.9 91.7–94.0 94.8 93.7–96.0 92.3 90.7–93.9
Obtained at least one medicine prescribed in the last health care visit from the Popular Pharmacy Program 21.9 20.5–23.4 20.3 17.2–23.3 16.4 14.3–18.4 23.7 21.2–26.1 26.5 22.8–30.2 18.9 16.2–21.6
Obtained at least one medicine prescribed in the last health care visit from the public health system 33.2 31.6–34.7 34.8 31.7–38.0 32.4 29.7–35.1 32.4 29.8–35.0 37.2 33.8–40.6 29.1 26.2–32.1
Was hospitalized for 24 hours or more in the 12 months prior to the survey 6.0 5.8–6.3 5.8 5.4–6.3 5.6 5.3–5.8 5.7 5.3–6.1 7.5 7.0–8.0 7.4 7.0–7.9
... by the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS) and ranked the service as good or very good 82.4 80.9–83.9 68.5 63.9–73.2 79.8 77.5–82.1 87.1 84.3–89.9 85.2 81.8–88.5 80.8 77.7–83.8
... and the last hospitalization was by the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS) 65.7 63.8–67.5 73.9 70.9–76.9 76.5 73.9–79.1 58.8 55.0–62.7 63.8 59.3–68.2 61.6 58.3–64.9