title: [Clinical records: our experience during the 1st year].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the evolution of attendance indicators over a period of a year on introducing a new model of health care.
  
  
  METHODS
  Observational and descriptive.
  
  
  METHODS
  A local primary health care consulting-room.
  
  
  METHODS
  Population in the census, population requesting care, population with medical records, the number of visits and reasons for attendance.
  
  
  METHODS
  The introduction of clinical records, medical and nursing consultations by appointment, long-treatment booklets and a basic recording system.
  
  
  RESULTS
  54% of the population was recorded. Morbidity indicators, the first and subsequent visits and the number of prescriptions per patient were all stable. The percentage of bureaucratic reasons for attendance went down and the proportion of scheduled attendances increased. Requests for complementary tests and referrals to specialists also increased.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The greatest effort in opening clinical records took place during the first four months. The most telling indicators of the evolution of attendances are the percentages of bureaucratic visits and scheduled ones, the requests for complementary tests and referrals to specialists. Other common attendance indicators have contributed no additional information, yet have supposed a greater effort of data-gathering.
authors.affiliation: ABS Canet de Mar. Barcelona.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Subías Lorén
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ruiz Ortega
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jimeno Resa
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gardella Company
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ginés García
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008499:Medical Records; D008875:Middle Aged; D011320:Primary Health Care; D012424:Rural Population
vernacular_title: Historiar a la población: nuestra experiencia a lo largo del primer año.