PREVAILING CONSULTATION REASONS AT FIRST LEVEL HEALTH CARE CENTERS IN THE CITY OF CORDOBA, YEAR 2016.

The objective is to identify and analyze prevailing consultation reasons at first level health care centers from the Municipality of Cordoba during the  year 2016 in order to adequate and optimize the health offer. Descriptive, cross sectional study; all first time consultations are analyzed. The da...

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Autores principales: Utz, Lisandro Carlos, Peresini, Virginia, Farias, Maria Alejandra, Gauna, Diego, Peisino, Eugenia, Almada, Diego, Acevedo, Gabriel
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Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Escuela de Salud Pública y Ambiente. Fac. Cs. Médicas UNC 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/RSD/article/view/19779
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Sumario:The objective is to identify and analyze prevailing consultation reasons at first level health care centers from the Municipality of Cordoba during the  year 2016 in order to adequate and optimize the health offer. Descriptive, cross sectional study; all first time consultations are analyzed. The data bases used were medical consultations, recorded according to the International Classification of Diseases (ICD10). From the 500,001 total consultations, 61.25% weredone by women. The 49.6% corresponded to health check ups; with children showing higher records in both sexes. Regarding ten main reasons of consultation, acute respiratory tract condition was the most frequent in both sexes. Few psychosocial problems were recorded and there were no records or cardiovascular risk. Being aware of the demand profile, fosters a greater adequacy of the services offered.