Potencialidades e limitações do consórcio intermunicipal de saúde na opinião dos usuários.

Abstract

To know the potentialities and limitations of the Intermunicipal Health Consortium based on the opinion of the users of the municipality of Cuité. Methods: Research of Qualitative character grounded in Historical and Dialectical Materialism. Participated in the study twenty users who sought the services of the Intermunicipal Health Consortium of Curimataú and Seridó Paraibano in the Cuité-Paraiba in the period of september 2018. Data collected through audio recording using a semi-structured script after the transition of speeches was used from the discourse analysis based on Fiorin. Results: It was noticed that the Consortium through the discourse of the users presents potentialities and limitations, in relation to the potentialities, in the improvement of access to the consultations of medical specialties and, consequently, attenuation of expenses with consultations, displacement, feeding. While, the limitations are geared to the infrastructure of the site and the waiting time increase. Conclusion: Although the consortium presents limitations, in general, it was observed that there are more potentialities than limitations and that it allows users satisfaction to the services provided.