[A comparative analysis of 11 adult case histories used in primary care].
OBJECTIVE
A comparative analysis of the different models of adult case history at primary care (PC) level available in the Spanish state. Their degree of homogeneity, both in design and information-gathering capacity, was evaluated.


METHODS
A descriptive study.


METHODS
Eleven individual adult PC cases histories, still open in 1991.


RESULTS
Only four of the models allowed more than 75% of the basic data to be gathered. Three histories had up to six loose pages. In six, the presence of specific records was verified.


CONCLUSIONS
There is a lack of standardisation both in the designs of case histories and in the information which these allow to be gathered. Information was scattered because of the presence of specific records and of loose pages. Systematic inclusion of preventive activities into the records is not sufficiently normalised.
Rubio Villegas
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Centro de Salud Plaza de Argel, Cáceres.
Corrales Nevado
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D000328:Adult; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005568:Forms and Records Control; D006801:Humans; D008487:Medical History Taking; D008499:Medical Records; D011320:Primary Health Care; D013030:Spain