Índice de medicina preventiva: Una medida integradora de la cobertura de los programas preventivos

Background: Preventive activities of the public health system in Chile are not integrated and there is no parameter assessing the whole population that is benefited with these activities. Aim: To develop and implement a mathematical measure of the coverage of preventive health activities, provided t...

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Autores principales:	Baechler R,Roberto, Barra R,Marcela, Soto P,Alex
Lenguaje:	Spanish / Castilian
Publicado:	Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2007
Materias:	Delivery of health care Health services accessibility Preventive medicine
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0034-988720070006000142014-01-06Índice de medicina preventiva: Una medida integradora de la cobertura de los programas preventivosBaechler R,RobertoBarra R,MarcelaSoto P,Alex Delivery of health care Health services accessibility Preventive medicine Background: Preventive activities of the public health system in Chile are not integrated and there is no parameter assessing the whole population that is benefited with these activities. Aim: To develop and implement a mathematical measure of the coverage of preventive health activities, provided to different age groups. Material and methods: Data was gathered from the monthly statistical reports of the women, children, teenager, adult and elderly health programs in 30 communities of the Seventh Chilean Region. The preventive medicine index (PMI) was calculated as the ratio between the population that was ascribed to each program and the population that was a potential beneficiary of such program. Results: In the studied region, the global coverage of preventive medicine, calculated using the PMI, increased from 0.229 in 1999 to 0.370 in 2003. This represents a 61% increment. However, there are important inequalities in the access to preventive health in the different communities of the region. Conclusions: The PMI revealed a substantial increment in preventive health activities in the studied regioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.135 n.6 20072007-06-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872007000600014es10.4067/S0034-98872007000600014
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topic	Delivery of health care Health services accessibility Preventive medicine
spellingShingle	Delivery of health care Health services accessibility Preventive medicine Baechler R,Roberto Barra R,Marcela Soto P,Alex Índice de medicina preventiva: Una medida integradora de la cobertura de los programas preventivos
description	Background: Preventive activities of the public health system in Chile are not integrated and there is no parameter assessing the whole population that is benefited with these activities. Aim: To develop and implement a mathematical measure of the coverage of preventive health activities, provided to different age groups. Material and methods: Data was gathered from the monthly statistical reports of the women, children, teenager, adult and elderly health programs in 30 communities of the Seventh Chilean Region. The preventive medicine index (PMI) was calculated as the ratio between the population that was ascribed to each program and the population that was a potential beneficiary of such program. Results: In the studied region, the global coverage of preventive medicine, calculated using the PMI, increased from 0.229 in 1999 to 0.370 in 2003. This represents a 61% increment. However, there are important inequalities in the access to preventive health in the different communities of the region. Conclusions: The PMI revealed a substantial increment in preventive health activities in the studied region
author	Baechler R,Roberto Barra R,Marcela Soto P,Alex
author_facet	Baechler R,Roberto Barra R,Marcela Soto P,Alex
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title	Índice de medicina preventiva: Una medida integradora de la cobertura de los programas preventivos
title_short	Índice de medicina preventiva: Una medida integradora de la cobertura de los programas preventivos
title_full	Índice de medicina preventiva: Una medida integradora de la cobertura de los programas preventivos
title_fullStr	Índice de medicina preventiva: Una medida integradora de la cobertura de los programas preventivos
title_full_unstemmed	Índice de medicina preventiva: Una medida integradora de la cobertura de los programas preventivos
title_sort	índice de medicina preventiva: una medida integradora de la cobertura de los programas preventivos
publisher	Sociedad Médica de Santiago
publishDate	2007
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Índice de medicina preventiva: Una medida integradora de la cobertura de los programas preventivos

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