2012, Number 4
Network Integration of Primary Health Care. Boyeros Municipality
Language: Spanish
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ABSTRACT
Background: at the Primary Health Care, and cross-sectoral integration is an imperative goal to achieve a network of efficient and able to satisfy the health needs of the population. Objectives: to describe the perception of network integration of primary care. To identify improvement reserves in order to propose interventions. Methods: the network of primary care of Boyeros municipality was selected. Two groups, managers and providers were established. A questionnaire was used to determine the perception of integration in both groups. Four dimensions were explored, 14 attributes and 76 integration criteria. A statistical procedure to generate the integration of indicators was designed. Results: Boyeros municipality has integration index of 0.75. Attributes 3, 4, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, are located below the indicator. Managers perceived integration with overall rates at or above 0.8 in all attributes. Providers integration perceived indices below 0.5 in the attributes 7, 10, 12, 14. For 47 criteria, perceived levels of fragmentation or partial integration into the network of services that constitutes reserves of network upgrade to consider in designing interventions. Conclusions: the health network of Boyeros primary level tends to integration. There are notable differences in the perception of integration between managers and providers. Reserves in the 4 dimensions improvement explored involving seven attributes and 47 criteria of integration were identified.REFERENCES
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