[Are the indicators used to measure efficiency in primary care adequate?].
OBJECTIVE
Getting to know the opinion of area managers and Primary Health Care Facilities coordinators about the indicators used to measure the PHC output.


METHODS
Questionnaire via mail. Descriptive statistics.


METHODS
Areas 2-5, and 3, Zaragoza, Spain.


METHODS
Managing teams of these three areas and Primary Health Care facilities coordinators.


RESULTS
The questionnaire was sent to 57 Primary Health Care Facilities coordinators and 16 area managers which was answered 53% of them. In the range from 1 to 10 the so-called product achieved in the evaluation the highest marks have been: the Services offered by the PHCF (7.8), Coverage (7.8), Achievement of the Minimal Technical Rules (7.76) and Patient Satisfaction (7.51). The indicator that obtained the highest level of agreement was also the product achieved in the evaluation of the Services offered by PHCF.


CONCLUSIONS
According to these results indicators normally used, related with number of visits are questioned by the professionals. Synthetic indexes recently introduced obtained better values.
Urbina Pérez
O
O
Escuela de Estudios Sociales, Universidad de Zaragoza. ourbina@Posta.UNIZAR.ES
Marcuello Servos
C
C
Serrano Peris
G D
GD
García Latorre
F J
FJ
D003625:Data Collection; D004526:Efficiency; D006801:Humans; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care