Abstract
Objective: To review the scientific production about home care in Brazil. Methods: An integrative review of the literature was conducted from August to October 2018 on the following databases: Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (MEDLINE), accessed via PubMed; Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature (LILACS), accessed via the Virtual Health Library (VHL), and SciELO (Scientific Electronic Library Online). The following descriptors and their combinations in Portuguese, English and Spanish were used to search for articles: Care, Nursing, and Hospital-based Home Care Services. A total of 20 articles were selected for the final analysis. Results: The findings were categorized as Home Care as an aid to the public health system and Home care in complement health care, given the importance of home care integrated into the health care network. Conclusion: Scientific evidence points to home care as a tool to be used in the reorganization of the health system, in disease prevention, and in health promotion.
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