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Abstract This research aimed to describe the search for care in emergency rooms at a public hospital by women and their relationship with primary health care. This is a study with a quantitative approach of the descriptive-transversal type, developed in a municipality in the interior of the Brazilian Midwest region, in 2016, with 181 women. Descriptive analysis of data was performed. The socio-demographic profile stood out: age group between 36 and 59 years old (38.1%), married (49.8%), complete high school education (27.1%) and income below two minimum wages (39 , 7%), claimed to seek hospital emergency care for clinical manifestations related to infectious diseases (23.2%), it was not the first time they sought care at this institution (84.5%) and had not sought care on another healthc (64.1%). Among those who sought another health service before looking for a hospital, the majority (81.6%) reported having sought a basic health unit The effective systematization of the public health care network is important to outline more concrete care practices and qualified.

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