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. 2020 Aug 31;44:e103. doi: 10.26633/RPSP.2020.103

TABLE 1. Number of professional’s enrollments and completion rates in the Brazilian Home Care Multicentre Qualification Program, Brazil, 2012-2018.

 

Number of enrollments

%

Completion rate

p-valueC

Gender (n = 163 842)a

 

 

 

 

    Female

134 767

82.2

30.5

<0.001

    Male

29 075

17.8

37.1

 

Region (n = 133 906)a

 

 

 

 

    South

22 520

16.8

37.3

<0.001

    Center-West

10 607

7.9

34.1

 

    Southeast

46 880

35.0

31.4

 

    North

8 940

6.7

31.3

 

    Northeast

44 959

33.6

29.9

 

Age group (n = 163 832)a

 

 

 

 

    18-29

36 577

22.3

32.8

<0.001

    30-39

73 910

45.1

31.0

 

    40-49

36 542

22.3

31.1

 

    50-59

13 973

8.5

33.4

 

    60-more

2 830

1.8

33.1

 

Unit type (n = 72 936)b

 

 

 

 

    Primary Care

38 539

52.8

31.5

0.015

    Hospital Care

19 366

26.6

30.9

 

    Emergency Services

2 495

3.4

33.2

 

    Health Management

2 457

3.4

29.1

 

    Other Units

10 079

13.8

31.0

 

Team type (n = 40 128)b

 

 

 

 

    FHT

29 953

74.6

31.3

<0.001

    HHCT/ HHCST

4 282

10.7

38.2

 

    FHST

3 581

8.9

31.0

 

    CHA Program

1 857

4.6

29.8

 

    Other

455

1.2

34.1

 

Education level (n = 161 720)a

 

 

 

 

    High school

28 831

17.8

34.2

<0.001

    College

132 889

82.2

31.1

 

Course workload (n = 164 221)a

 

 

 

 

    30 hours

80 927

49.3

40.4

<0.001

    45 hours

58 842

35.8

24.3

 

    60 hours

24 452

14.9

20.2

 

Source: prepared by the authors from the results of the study.

a

Since applicants were not required to share all information, some fields were not completely filled;

b

Not all health professionals are part of health teams or work in the public health system health facilities, so these data refers only to those who are working in some of them;

C

chi-square test.

FHT, Family Health Teams; HHCT, Home Health Care Teams; HHCST, Home Health Care Support Teams; FHST, Family Health Support Teams; CHA, Community Health Agents Program, composed by CHA coordinated by a nurse.