Scientific production about quality and access in Primary Health Care

Abstract

Objectives: to analyze the scientific production about quality and access of Primary Health Care (PHC) services from the perspective of users, health professionals, and population health management. Methods: an analysis was performed using Bibliometrics, a descriptive qualitative study, using the R package Bibliometrix and VOSviewer and Zotero software, to evaluate articles retrieved from 2011 to 2020 in the Scopus database. Results: 791 documents were retrieved. The year with the most publications was 2019 and 2015 was the year with the most citations. BMC Health Services Research stood out with 28 articles from 461 journals. Of the 4475 authors, Clare Liddy was the highest-producing author. Twenty-four clusters were identified, six of which had the participation of the most cited authors. The University of California was the institution with the most affiliated authors. The countries with the most involvement in publications were the United States of America, the United Kingdom, and Canada, respectively. Conclusions: this analysis of scientific production mapped the most relevant research centers and research groups on the subject and collaborative networks, potential partnerships for research development. Few studies were also identified in relation to the perspective of professionals and, especially, managers on the access and quality of PHC.