Micro-regulatory processes in a Primary Health Care Service and the production of health care

ABSTRACT This paper seeks to characterize the micro-regulatory processes developed by a Primary Health Care Service (PHCS) to ensure the integrality of the care. This is a case study with an ethnographic approach and the use of document analysis techniques, participant observation and interviews. The results point to two interrelated dimensions of micro-regulatory access: one internal - user access to health care offers of the Primary Health Care Service itself; and other external - access to others network services. The Primary Health Care Service does not act as an effective health care coordinator, as the established by the Ministry of Health, a task that depends on the development of communication arrangements and the exchange of information among services.