title: [Performance evaluation of primary care services for the treatment of tuberculosis].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Evaluating the performance of primary care services for the treatment of tuberculosis according to the assessment referential of health services (structure/process) in Cabedelo, a port city in the state of Paraíba.
  
  
  METHODS
  An evaluation quantitative, cross-sectional study, in which were carried out 117 interviews with health professionals using a structured instrument. The analysis was based on the construction of indicators using a standardized value for the reduced variable (z=1).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The structural indicators showed regular performance for the following variables: professional training, access to record instruments and coordination with other services. The process indicators related to external actions and information about the disease had unsatisfactory performance. The directly observed treatment and the flows of reference/counter-reference had regular performance.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The focused professional qualification, the fragmentation of practices and the unsystematic home care constitute obstacles for carrying out actions aimed at providing expanded, continuous and resolute care.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, PB, Brazil.
authors.forename: Daiane Medeiros da
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, PB, Brazil.
authors.forename: Jordana de Almeida
authors.initials: Jde A
authors.lastname: Nogueira
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, PB, Brazil.
authors.forename: Lenilde Duarte de
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Sá
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Anneliese Domingues
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Wysocki
authors.affiliation: Department of Social Medicine, Federal university of Triângul Mineiro, Uberaba, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Lucia Marina
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Scatena
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Tereza Cristina Scatena
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Villa
mesh_terms: D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D023801:Directly Observed Therapy / Q000592:standards; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000628:therapy*