Variable | Explanation |
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Variables at the reminder level | |
Type of clinical activity requireda | Preventive or follow-up activities, immunizations, treatment initiation |
Reminder generated | Yes or no |
Clinical situation can be improved | Described in Table 1 |
Age and sexa | Older populations generate a higher number of clinical situations that can be improved because of the relationship between age and morbidities |
Comorbidity, weighted according to CRGa | CRG (Clinical related groups) classify patients according to morbidity, based on diagnoses, status and severity in different categories. Each category has a morbidity weight. A priori, greater morbidity should generate a greater number of improvable clinical situations |
Variables at the professional/PCC level | |
Socioeconomic level of the PCC | Medea Index |
Rurality | Construct based on size of municipality and population/Km2 |
Teaches family medicine | PCC or team member is accredited for postbaccalaureate training in Family and Community Medicine |
Teaches basic nursing | PCC or team member is accredited for baccalaureate training in Nursing |
Percentage of assigned population visiting the PCC previous year | Percentage of the assigned population who visited the PCC/individual health professional during the year prior to the study. A priori, professionals who see a larger percentage of their assigned patients have more opportunities for interventions to improve clinical situations. |
Frequency of patient visits | Number of visits per year/population with at least one visit in the previous year. A priori, a greater number of patient contacts with a health professional will yield more opportunities to correct clinical situations. |
EQA | Synthetic clinical indicator consisting of a group of indicators based on scientific evidence. |
EQPF | Synthetic indicator developed by the ICS Department of Medication Strategy, including 21 indicators related to the quality of the prescription |
EQR | Synthetic indicator that analyses the difference between population prevalence and a patient cohort, which identifies professionals with a good level of recording quality |