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

TABLE 2. Percentage of students by number of course enrollments in the Brazilian Home Care Multicentre Qualification Program, Brazil, 2012-2018.

Percentage by number of course enrollments (%)

p-valuec

 

1 course

2 courses

3 courses

4 and more

 

Gender (n = 80 775)a

 

 

 

 

 

    Female

58.3

19.8

10.2

11.7

<0.001

    Male

56.7

18.6

11.7

13.0

 

Region (n = 67 425)a

 

 

 

 

 

    South

55.3

20.9

10.6

13.2

<0.001

    Northeast

59.8

19.5

9.5

11.2

 

    Southeast

58.7

19.4

11.2

10.8

 

    Center-West

59.0

20.2

10.5

10.3

 

    North

61.8

18.7

10.2

9.3

 

Age group (n = 80 773)a

 

 

 

 

 

    18-29

63.7

19.8

9.6

7.0

<0.001

    30-39

55.4

19.4

11.4

13.8

 

    40-49

56.6

19.5

9.9

14.0

 

    50-59

56.9

19.9

9.8

13.4

 

    60-more

58.6

20.3

8.3

12.8

 

Unit type (n = 34 248)b

 

 

 

 

 

    Primary Care

55.4

19.6

10.4

14.6

<0.001

    Hospital Care

60.5

18.9

9.4

11.2

 

    Emergency Services

55.8

20.7

9.4

14.1

 

    Health Management

56.9

19.6

8.7

14.8

 

    Other Units

59.1

18.8

9.5

12.6

 

Team type (n = 16 905)b

 

 

 

 

 

    FHT

53.8

19.2

11.3

15.7

<0.001

    HHCT/ HHCST

38.3

17.5

13.0

31.2

 

    FHST

54.4

21.3

9.1

15.2

 

    CHA Program

52.3

21.6

9.8

16.3

 

    Other

47.5

23.7

10.2

18.6

 

Education Level (n = 79 746)a

 

 

 

 

 

    High school

59.8

20.1

9.2

10.9

<0.001

    College

57.7

19.4

10.7

12.5

 

Source: prepared by authors from the results of this 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.