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Patient's experience as a tool in analyzing primary care in Catalonia
La experiencia del paciente como herramienta de análisis de la atención primaria en Cataluña
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A. Iruelaa,b, I. Moralc,d,
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imoral@eapsardenya.cat

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, G. Gálveze, L.M. Jimenezf, R. Manzanerag
a Faculty of Medicine UVIC-UCC, Vic, Spain
b CAP Vallcarca Sant Gervasi, Edifici Pedraforca, Av. de Vallcarca, 169-205, 08023 Barcelona, Spain
c EAP Sardenya, c/ Sardenya, 466, 08025 Barcelona, Spain
d Institut de Recerca Sant Pau, C/ de Sant Quintí, 77, Horta-Guinardó, 08041 Barcelona, Spain
e Unidad de Evaluación y Experiencia del paciente, Servei Català de la Salut, Generalitat de Catalunya, Spain
f Department of Emergency Medicine, University of the Philippines, College of Medicine, Manila, Philippines
g Enginyeria Biomédica, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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Table 1. Scores on patient experience in Catalan Primary Care (370 Primary Care centers) according to the theme dimensions in 2015, 2018, 2021 and 2022 (Plaensa).
Table 2. Scores of patient experience in Catalan Primary Care (370 Primary Care centers) according to the different management areas in the following years: 2015, 2018, 2021, and 2022 (Plaensa).
Table 3. Characteristics of the centers according to the management model.
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Abstract
Introduction

Primary health care is essential in a well-designed health system. A way of approaching the quality of an institution or service is evaluating different aspects like accessibility, treatment, satisfaction, and efficiency. The COVID-19 pandemic caused substantial disruptions in health systems. The present work focused on assessing the evolution of the experience of patients. It analyzed its relationship with various factors of the centers and the professionals’ quality of life.

Methods

Retrospective quantitative study through a survey carried out in Catalonia evaluating the experience of users in relation to primary health care services. Results from years 2015, 2018, 2021 and 2022 are included in the study.

Results

Users from 370 centers were included in the study. The highest scores were registered in dimensions as environment and information (more than 90%), while accessibility was the worst scored dimension (mean 65.19). Global satisfaction scores were significantly higher in 2015 and 2018 and dropped the following years showing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemics.

Conclusion

The evolution of the patient experience in Catalonia shows a progressive decrease from the first edition in 2015 to the most recent edition in 2022, aggravated by the COVID-19 pandemic. During the pandemic, all the characteristics of primary care were affected, and they are beginning to recover. The resilience that primary care has shown during the pandemic contrasts with a downward valuation of the experience of patients who have used it.

Keywords:
Primary health care
Patient satisfaction
Health care quality assessment
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Introducción

La atención primaria es esencial en un sistema de salud bien diseñado. Una forma de abordar la calidad de una institución o servicio es evaluando diferentes aspectos como la accesibilidad, el trato, la satisfacción y la eficiencia. La pandemia de COVID-19 provocó perturbaciones sustanciales en los sistemas de salud. Este trabajo evalúa la experiencia de los pacientes durante un periodo de tiempo. Se analizó su relación con diversos factores de los centros y la calidad de vida de los profesionales.

Métodos

Estudio cuantitativo retrospectivo a través de una encuesta realizada en Cataluña evaluando la experiencia de los usuarios en relación con diferentes aspectos relacionados con los servicios de atención primaria de salud. Se incluyeron en el estudio los resultados de los años 2015, 2018, 2021 y 2022.

Resultados

Participaron en el estudio usuarios procedentes de 370 centros. Las puntuaciones más altas se registraron en dimensiones como entorno e información (más del 90%), mientras que la accesibilidad fue peor puntuada (media 65,19). Las puntuaciones de satisfacción global fueron significativamente más altas en 2015 y 2018, cayendo en los años siguientes, lo que demuestra el impacto de la pandemia de COVID-19.

Conclusión

La evolución de la experiencia del paciente en Cataluña muestra un descenso desde la primera edición. La pandemia afectó a diversas características de la atención primaria, aunque han iniciado su recuperación paulatina. La resiliencia mostrada por la atención primaria durante la pandemia contrasta con una valoración a la baja de la experiencia de los pacientes que la han utilizado.

Palabras clave:
Atención primaria
Satisfacción del paciente
Evaluación de la calidad de la asistencia

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