[Quality control of care provided for urinary infections].
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the quality of the care provided for low-level urinary infections in the Toledo Health Area.


METHODS
Retrospective study based on data on procedures supplied from clinical histories. SITE. Primary Care teams in the Toledo Health Area.


METHODS
Those patients over 14 with a provisional diagnosis of low-level urinary infection, who were attended between June and November, 1991, at the Health Centres participants (n = 243).


RESULTS
The fulfillment level of six previously defined criteria was analysed. Looking at the clinical histories, we noted 75.3% non-fulfillment of Criterion 1 (anamnesis and examination), 51.8% of Criterion 5 (follow-up) and 59.3% of Criterion 6 (referral). Among the reasons we identified as causes of these findings were inadequate use of registration systems and the existence in different Centres of various procedures for treating urinary infections.


CONCLUSIONS
The initial suspicion that the treatment and control of urinary infections in our Area contained a problem of attendance was confirmed. Corrective measures were established for the re-assessment. The positive role of quality controls, carried out under the aegis of Area managements, was clear.
Jaén Díaz
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Ambulatorio San Ildefonso, Toledo.
Modrego Navarro
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Sardon Rodríguez
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López de Castro
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F
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D011786:Quality Control; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000628:therapy*
Control de calidad de la asistencia prestada en las infecciones urinarias.