[What is the attitude of doctors to the current model of primary care?].
OBJECTIVE
To determine the attitude of doctors towards the current model of primary care and to calculate its relationship with social and demographic and/or work variables.


METHODS
Multi-centre cross-sectional study.


METHODS
Health centres in Area II of the Murcia region. Participants. All general practitioners, family doctors and paediatricians in the health centres mentioned (54 in all).


METHODS
The "Scale of attitudes towards the contents of primary health care" by Ballesteros et al. was used as the tool of evaluation. This scale provides both a total score and a specific score for each of its 7 dimensions.


RESULTS
In general, doctors' attitudes were favourable (4.1 points average out of 5). We found a less favourable attitude in the dimension "Inclusion of second-level professionals in primary care", with family doctors most in agreement. The professionals working in centres on the periphery and those without tenure had a more positive attitude towards the current model, for the remaining variables.


CONCLUSIONS
Understanding professionals' attitudes and the variables related to them may serve as a basis for designing intervention strategies aimed at improving the quality of primary care and for the positive evolution of professionals working in PC.
Llor Esteban
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Departamento de Enfermería, Universidad de Murcia, Spain. bllor@um.es
Saturno Hernández
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Gascón Canovas
J J
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Sáez Navarro
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Sánchez Ortuño
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D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010820:Physicians; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000592:standards; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D012044:Regression Analysis; D013030:Spain; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D000078329:Workforce