Clasificación según nivel de morbilidad e intensidad del uso de recursos de una población con patologías crónicas en Atención Primaria de Salud utilizando Adjusted Clinical Groups (ACG) / Adjusted Clinical Groups Method (ACG) to allocate resources according to the disease burden of each health center
Rev. méd. Chile
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144(3): 291-297, mar. 2016. tab
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in Spanish
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ABSTRACT
Background:
Health care must be provided with strong primary health care models, emphasizing prevention and a continued, integrated and interdisciplinary care. Tools should be used to allow a better planning and more efficient use of resources.Aim:
To assess risk adjustment methodologies, such as the Adjusted Clinical Groups (ACG) developed by The Johns Hopkins University, to allow the identification of chronic condition patterns and allocate resources accordingly. Material andMethods:
We report the results obtained applying the ACG methodology in primary care systems of 22 counties for three chronic diseases, namely Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension and Heart Failure.Results:
The outcomes show a great variability in the prevalence of these conditions in the different health centers. There is also a great diversity in the use of resources for a given condition in the different health care centers.Conclusions:
This methodology should contribute to a better distribution of health care resources, which should be based on the disease burden of each health care center.
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Main subject:
Health Care Rationing
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Risk Adjustment
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Diabetes Mellitus
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Heart Failure
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Hypertension
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Etiology study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Chile
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Rev. méd. Chile
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
2016
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Chile
Institution/Affiliation country:
Ministerio de Salud/CL
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