2014
DOI: 10.1590/2317-1782/201420140440
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National Policy on Health Care Hearing: an evaluative study from covering services and diagnostic procedures

Abstract: There has been an increase in services and actions in hearing health care in Brazil since PNASA was implemented, but regional inequalities in the distribution of these services still persist.

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“…49 In Brazil, with the implementation of the PNASA, 5 there was a 473% increase, until 2011, in the number of the tests and otoacoustic emissions testing for screening, signaling an improvement in the detection and probable intervention in the neonates featuring hearing loss. 6…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…49 In Brazil, with the implementation of the PNASA, 5 there was a 473% increase, until 2011, in the number of the tests and otoacoustic emissions testing for screening, signaling an improvement in the detection and probable intervention in the neonates featuring hearing loss. 6…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Thus, it is objectified to meet the demands of assessment, diagnosis and (re)habilitation of hearing-impaired people with actions in the primary, intermediate and high complexity healthcare services. 6…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The services are overcrowded in the two most populous cities, which are macro-regions headquarters of health care; however, the distribution of services is also not based on epidemiological data and historical series of procedures performed for their distribution. This may lead to the results observed in another study, which found evidences of inequity of access by the public (4,6) .…”
Section: System Organizationmentioning
confidence: 78%
“…Historically, Brazil devises health policies for people with disabilities that are focused and fragmented, which favors services centralized exclusively on individuals, focused on the distribution of hearing aids, a practice that is inconsistent with the principles of SUS (3)(4)(5)(6) .…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Hearing health care legislation enabled users greater access to rehabilitation services. Study, which assessed PNASA, regarding hearing health service coverage and diagnosis procedures, between 2004 and 2011, evidenced a significant increase of 113% in service coverage, and 61% in medium and high complexity diagnostic procedures in hearing health (8).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%