Cobertura de la atención de la enfermedad que causa la muerte y lugar de ocurrencia del deceso, en Chile y la sexta región, 1990-2003

Background: The place of death has changed and coverage of medical attention at death varies according to the development level of countries. Aim: To assess the evolution of coverage of medical attention of the last disease and place of death as indicators of health care quality and development leve...

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Autores principales: Leiva H,Heidy, León K,Francisco
Lenguaje:Spanish / Castilian
Publicado: Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2007
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spelling oai:scielo:S0034-988720070008000102007-10-25Cobertura de la atención de la enfermedad que causa la muerte y lugar de ocurrencia del deceso, en Chile y la sexta región, 1990-2003Leiva H,HeidyLeón K,Francisco Death Delivery of health care Health Services accessibility Background: The place of death has changed and coverage of medical attention at death varies according to the development level of countries. Aim: To assess the evolution of coverage of medical attention of the last disease and place of death as indicators of health care quality and development level, in the sixth region of Chile. Material and methods: We analyzed the Chilean death certificate data bases for the period 1990-2003. We performed linear regression analysis of death year with place of death and medical attention at death, comparing the sixth region and the rest of Chile. Results: The population under study corresponds to 1,102,896 death records, from 1990 to 2003. Proportion of deaths at home decreased in sixth region and increased in the rest of our country. Deaths at home for individuals under 15 years of age, decreased. Deaths in places different from home or hospital increased progressively in elderly people. The same happened among adolescents, probably related to the high proportion of deaths due to trauma. Conclusions: Coverage of attention of diseases that cause death improved. Place of death varies according to age. There is a remarkable increase in the access of children to hospitals, for the treatment of severe diseases. These results indicate that Chilean healthcare system quality has improved (Rev Méd Chile 2007; 135:1025-33)info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.135 n.8 20072007-08-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872007000800010es10.4067/S0034-98872007000800010
institution Scielo Chile
collection Scielo Chile
language Spanish / Castilian
topic Death
Delivery of health care
Health Services accessibility
spellingShingle Death
Delivery of health care
Health Services accessibility
Leiva H,Heidy
León K,Francisco
Cobertura de la atención de la enfermedad que causa la muerte y lugar de ocurrencia del deceso, en Chile y la sexta región, 1990-2003
description Background: The place of death has changed and coverage of medical attention at death varies according to the development level of countries. Aim: To assess the evolution of coverage of medical attention of the last disease and place of death as indicators of health care quality and development level, in the sixth region of Chile. Material and methods: We analyzed the Chilean death certificate data bases for the period 1990-2003. We performed linear regression analysis of death year with place of death and medical attention at death, comparing the sixth region and the rest of Chile. Results: The population under study corresponds to 1,102,896 death records, from 1990 to 2003. Proportion of deaths at home decreased in sixth region and increased in the rest of our country. Deaths at home for individuals under 15 years of age, decreased. Deaths in places different from home or hospital increased progressively in elderly people. The same happened among adolescents, probably related to the high proportion of deaths due to trauma. Conclusions: Coverage of attention of diseases that cause death improved. Place of death varies according to age. There is a remarkable increase in the access of children to hospitals, for the treatment of severe diseases. These results indicate that Chilean healthcare system quality has improved (Rev Méd Chile 2007; 135:1025-33)
author Leiva H,Heidy
León K,Francisco
author_facet Leiva H,Heidy
León K,Francisco
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title Cobertura de la atención de la enfermedad que causa la muerte y lugar de ocurrencia del deceso, en Chile y la sexta región, 1990-2003
title_short Cobertura de la atención de la enfermedad que causa la muerte y lugar de ocurrencia del deceso, en Chile y la sexta región, 1990-2003
title_full Cobertura de la atención de la enfermedad que causa la muerte y lugar de ocurrencia del deceso, en Chile y la sexta región, 1990-2003
title_fullStr Cobertura de la atención de la enfermedad que causa la muerte y lugar de ocurrencia del deceso, en Chile y la sexta región, 1990-2003
title_full_unstemmed Cobertura de la atención de la enfermedad que causa la muerte y lugar de ocurrencia del deceso, en Chile y la sexta región, 1990-2003
title_sort cobertura de la atención de la enfermedad que causa la muerte y lugar de ocurrencia del deceso, en chile y la sexta región, 1990-2003
publisher Sociedad Médica de Santiago
publishDate 2007
url http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872007000800010
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