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Main Author: Luis Durán-Arenas
Format: Artículo científico
Language:en
Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública 2012
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Online Access:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=10623081007
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contents The use of the tracer methodology to assess the quality of care for patients enrolled in Medical Insurance for a New Generation Luis Durán-Arenas Onofre Muñoz-Hernández Luz del Carmen Hernández-Ramírez Luis Jasso-Gutiérrez Samuel Flores Vanessa Aldaz-Rodríguez Juan Manuel Zurita Salud Mexico Tracers evaluation of quality of medical care Objective. To assess the quality of care provided at medical units that provide services to Medical Insurance for a New Generation (SMNG) enrollees. Materials and methods. The tracer methodology was used in a sample of 82 medical units selected in fifteen states of Mexico and data collected in November 2009. Results. Problems were found to locate the minimal number of the 18 medical charts requested in three of the tracers. The first level of care on the average reports that the quality of the process of care is 6, in a 10 point scale. In the second level improves and the third level of care is better qualified. Conclusions. The tracer methodology has enabled us to assess the quality of care. There is room for improvement in the medical units of the state health services, to that end should be directed the efforts in the health system in Mexico. 2012 artículo científico 0036-3634 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=10623081007 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=106 Salud Pública de México application/pdf Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública Salud Pública de México (México) Num.1 Vol.54
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publisher Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública
spellingShingle The use of the tracer methodology to assess the quality of care for patients enrolled in Medical Insurance for a New Generation
Luis Durán-Arenas
Salud
Mexico
Tracers
evaluation of quality of medical care
The use of the tracer methodology to assess the quality of care for patients enrolled in Medical Insurance for a New Generation Luis Durán-Arenas Onofre Muñoz-Hernández Luz del Carmen Hernández-Ramírez Luis Jasso-Gutiérrez Samuel Flores Vanessa Aldaz-Rodríguez Juan Manuel Zurita Salud Mexico Tracers evaluation of quality of medical care Objective. To assess the quality of care provided at medical units that provide services to Medical Insurance for a New Generation (SMNG) enrollees. Materials and methods. The tracer methodology was used in a sample of 82 medical units selected in fifteen states of Mexico and data collected in November 2009. Results. Problems were found to locate the minimal number of the 18 medical charts requested in three of the tracers. The first level of care on the average reports that the quality of the process of care is 6, in a 10 point scale. In the second level improves and the third level of care is better qualified. Conclusions. The tracer methodology has enabled us to assess the quality of care. There is room for improvement in the medical units of the state health services, to that end should be directed the efforts in the health system in Mexico. 2012 artículo científico 0036-3634 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=10623081007 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=106 Salud Pública de México application/pdf Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública Salud Pública de México (México) Num.1 Vol.54
title The use of the tracer methodology to assess the quality of care for patients enrolled in Medical Insurance for a New Generation
topic Salud
Mexico
Tracers
evaluation of quality of medical care
url https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=10623081007