Assistência aos casais inférteis: uma análise da rede de atenção do sistema único de saúde na macrorregião de Juiz de Fora – Minas Gerais

Abstract

Infertility is now recognized as a disease by the World Health Organization, but there is still not in the Brazilian Health Unified System a policy that addresses their particularities, although more couples are seeking assistance to have a child. The available services do not provide all of the therapies, often because they are in high-cost procedures. But the demand for infertile couples exists and grows every day. This study aimed to define a profile of couples treated by Infertility Clinic of the University Hospital (UH) of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (FUJF), an integrated service to the State ‘Live-Life’ Program in Minas Gerais, of secondary character through quantitative method and meet the desires and projections of these couples when referenced to other services not available at UH, through qualitative methods (semi-structured interview). Overall it was possible to notice that the health care network to infertile couples in the macro-region of Juiz de Fora is failed, both in its beginning, when it presents barriers which impede access to the UH-HCC (Health Care Center) users of the city itself and surrounding towns, as with relation to ensuring continuity of treatment, when there is no transposition of bureaucratic barriers for users to come to the tertiary care of reference. It is expected that the work will contribute to better service the demand from infertile couples and better structuring between levels of care.