**5. Conclusion**

This study identified that healthcare and the use of health services by elderly men in Northeast Brazil are focused to medium and high complexity and in the presence of diseases or functional disabilities. Thus, intra-sectoral and inter-sectoral policies and actions should encourage the contact of the elderly male population with health services at an early stage, especially in Primary Care, addressing to reduce gender disparities in healthcare, and further studies should be carried out to analyze and reinforce the importance of research on human aging aimed at the male population.
