A rede de atenção à saúde para controle do câncer em crianças e adolescentes no município do Rio de Janeiro.

Abstract

Cancer in children and adolescents is the leading cause of illness deaths in the 0-19 age group. Delayed identification of signs and symptoms and delayed referral of diagnostic suspicions may adversely affect the prognosis and be responsible for more aggressive treatment. This study aimed to know the structure, functioning and access flows of the health care network (RAS) for the control of cancer in children and adolescents in the city of Rio de Janeiro. It is a descriptive study that used public data of documents, online bulletins and information systems to describe and carry out logical structuring of information about this RAS. The results show an installed capacity that includes the regulations, the existence of flows ordered by the Primary Health Care, the regulation of care with partial availability of outpatient and hospital availability of diagnosis and treatment of childhood and juvenile cancer. This research points out the fragmentation of the access systems within the RAS, the need to update the information systems related to cancer and indicates that studies of analysis and prospection of the current scenario can improve the current functioning, besides helping to build the outflows of qualified hospitals .