A implementação do programa mais médicos no município de Boqueirão - PB: as visões dos profissionais e gestores envolvidos.

Abstract

There is a shortage of doctors in Brazil, which contributes to the worsening of the public health quality in the country. The shortage of doctors, especially in remote locations of major cities, led the Brazilian government to create the More Doctors Program in Brazil, which recruited Brazilian and foreign doctors to places where the need for these health professionals is urgent. Thus, this qualitative research aims to analyze the implementation and impacts of the More Doctors Program in Boqueirão town, located in cariri region of Paraíba State. The corpus of this research was formed by health professionals and public officials involved in the program as well as the population served by these professionals. We conclude that the More Doctors Program reached its goal of bringing medical professionals to needy places and, despite the lack of adequate facilities in some units, it is possible to notice a considerable improvement in the service to users. To conduct this study was fundamental considerations: Augusto (1989), Arcoverde (2012), Belloni, Magellan and Sousa (2007), Rodrigues (2010) Roncalli (2003), Sarreta (2009) and Silva (2009).