Garantías explícitas en salud del programa cáncer cervicouterino: grado de acuerdo de los profesionales del servicio de salud metropolitano sur oriente

Background: Cervical cancer (CC) is a leading cause of cancer death among women from developing countries. In Chile the Cervical Cancer Program has been one of the priorities in health, being incorporated to the AUGE system. Objective: To identify the level of agreement among professionals from the CC program regarding the CC clinical guide's norms, explicit guaranties in health and the program's registration system. Methods: Cross-sectional descriptive study with a sample of 59 professionals in the Metropolitan South-East Health Service in Santiago, from the three levels of care. Results: The average age was 39.2 ± 10.3 years. The average time in their job positions was 7.7 ± 7.4 years. Among professionals, more than 90% agree with the guarantee for access, 66% with the guarantee for opportunity and 59.3% with the financial guarantee. Additionally, 94.4% reported they were familiar with the clinical guide and 65% reported they agree with it. Thirty two percent of professionals agree with the existing registration system. Conclusions: The perception of agreement among professionals is high regarding the guarantee for access, lower regarding the guarantee for opportunity, and the lowest regarding the financial guarantee. It is important to consider the health care's perception for improving the operation of the program.