Impact of distance education on primary health care indicators in central Brazil: An ecological study with time trend analysis.
Mara Lisiane de Moraes Dos SantosEdilson José ZafalonRafael Aiello BomfimVera Lucia KodjaoglanianSilvia Helena Mendonça de MoraesDebora Dupas Gonçalves do NascimentoCarlos Antonio de Souza Telles SantosAlbert Schiaveto de SouzaAlessandro Diogo De-CarliPublished in: PloS one (2019)
The specialization course impacted important indicators related to the attributions of primary health care professionals, considering that decreases in hospitalizations for primary care sensitive causes (overall rate of sensitive causes, specific rates for asthma, gastroenteritis and heart failure) were seen in the territories where professionals who completed this course worked, along with increased registration and monitoring of diabetic and hypertensive patients.