[Analysis of the demand for a home care support team (HCST)].
OBJECTIVE
To describe the clinical activity of the home care support team (HCST) over the first year of implementation in a health area.


METHODS
A descriptive, cross-sectional study.


METHODS
Health Area 2 and 5 of Zaragoza (urban environment).


METHODS
All the patients (n = 151) included in the home care programme over the year 2000.


RESULTS
The mean age of attended patients was 77 years; sixty-three percent were woman. The most frequent medical disorders of the patients were neurologic (37.3%) and oncologic disorders (35%). The majority (88%) were referred from the primary care team (PCT). Subjects admitted from primary care of health (family physician or nurse) were 88%. The follow-up of these patients was carried out by the PCT (47.7%), mainly disabled patients, and 14% by HCST (significantly more frequent terminal ill patients). In 38.3% of the patients, follow-up was performed by both teams. Forty two percent of the patients attended died over the year 2000, 53% of them at home.


CONCLUSIONS
Home care is an assistance model in progress. HCST are a resource that can become usefull in the development of the PCT work with all the hard to treat complex patients
Requena López
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Médico de familia, Zaragoza, Spain. arequenal@papps.org
Moreno Mateo
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Torrubia Atienza
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Rodeles Del Pozo
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Mainar García
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Moliner Izquierdo
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010348:Patient Care Team; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013030:Spain; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis
Análisis de la demanda de actuación de un equipo de soporte de atención domiciliaria (ESAD).