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Table 2 Description of Primary Health Care (PHC) units and municipalities indicators, SMAPS Project, Brazil, 2022‒2023

From: The effect of an intervention for organizing primary mental health care in Brazil: a study based on routine process indicators

Indicator

(numerator/denominator)

Source

Reference period

Coverage

Percentage of consultations with a mental health ICD/ICPC record

(number of consultations with mental health ICD/ICPC record/total number of individual consultations)

ECR — individual attendance form

Six-month totals (January to July) ¹

PHC unit

Percentage of PHC referrals to specialty mental health care

(number of referrals to specialty mental health care/total number of referrals completed by the unit)

ECR — individual attendance form

Six-month totals (January to July) ¹

PHC unit

Rate of referrals to specialty mental health care per 100 consultations with MH ICD/ICPC record

(number of referrals to specialty mental health care/number of consultations with MH ICD/ICPC record) × 100

ECR — individual attendance form

Six-month totals (January to July) ¹

PHC unit

Percentage of benzodiazepines dispensed for PHC in relation to psychotropic drugs total

(number of benzodiazepines units delivered for PHC/number of psychotropic drug units delivered) × 100)

Pharmacy report

July

Municipal

Percentage of antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, anticonvulsants, and antidepressants medications dispensed for PHC in relation to psychotropic drugs total

(number of antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, anticonvulsants, and antidepressants medications units delivered for PHC/number of psychotropic drug units delivered) × 100)

Pharmacy report

July

Municipal

  1. Source: The authors
  2. 1Data for 2022 were collected from January to June, whereas data for 2023 were collected from February to July
  3. ICD: International Classification of Diseases; ICPC: International Classification of Primary Care; PHC: primary health care; ECR: Electronic Citizen Record