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Vol. 4. Issue 21.
Pages 218-221 (November - December 1990)
Vol. 4. Issue 21.
Pages 218-221 (November - December 1990)
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Demanda Derivada en las Consultas de Medicina General de los Equipos de Atención Primaria Gestionados por el Insalud
Referrals from primary Care Health Teams in the National Institute of Health (Insalud)
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Luis García Olmos*
Centro de Salud de Alcobendas. Madrid
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Se estudia la demanda derivada a la atención especializada, durante el segundo trimestre de 1989, de 296 equipos de atención primaria gestionados por el INSALUD.

La tasa media de derivación, de 6,9% visitas, con gran variabilidad de unos equipos a otros, ha descendido respecto al mismo periodo de 1988. Los equipos que más derivan tienen una tasa (11,8%) tres veces superior a los que menos derivan (3,5%). La agrupación autonómica de los datos reduce las diferencias, pero, aun asi, persiste la variabilidad.

Los equipos que más derivan también utilizan con más frecuencia pruebas diagnósticas. La carga asistencial no juega un papel relevante en el proceso de derivación.

Palabras clave:
Proceso de atención
Demanda derivada
Summary

We report the results of the study of the referrals to specialized care during the second quarter of 1989 in the primary health care teams runned by the National Institute of Health (INSALUD).

The average rate was 6.9 referrals/100 medical visits with an important degreee of variability among the teams. The teams with the highest referral rates showed valves three times higher than those with lowest rates (11.8/100 vs. 3.5/100). There was also variability among regions (Autonomous Communities). The teams that referred more frecuently also used diagnostic procedures more often. The number of patients visited did not play a relevant role in the referral pattern.

Key words:
Health care
Referral
Primary Health Care teams
Variations
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