Conception of workers in a municipal health network about the service-management relationship

Abstract The objective of this work was to understand the conceptions health professionals about relationship between management and different services that constitute public network a municipality in southeastern region Brazil. It used Focus Group (FG) technique for data collection. Three FG were held with an average 12 participants per meeting, totaling 38 participants. Lexical Descending Hierarchical Classification analysis applied support Iramuteq software. results outlined four classes: Management-Service Relationship; Daily challenges services; Sustainability territory Prioritization user. marked by hierarchical practices. However, it possible verify there are expectations regarding establishment transversal relationship. Collective spaces user participation care considered as important elements co-management.