Evaluation of the subprograms for the Community Care of the Elderly in Mantua

• Main Authors: Carmen Delia Cordero otero, Yuraimy Piña Moreno, Osniel Rodríguez Lemus, Alexis Izquierdo Izquierdo, Andys Regino Vega Pérez
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: ECIMED 2019-06-01
• Series: Revista de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río
• Subjects: anciano; atención integral de salud; evaluación de programas y proyectos de salud; indicadores de calidad de vida; envejecimiento.
• Online Access: http://www.revcmpinar.sld.cu/index.php/publicaciones/article/view/4046

Introduction: the evaluation of programs in Primary Health Care allows measuring the true impact of their application and arises as an instrument of accuracy and development. Objective: to show the results of the evaluation of the subprogram for the Community Care of the elderly at Dr. Juan Bruno Zayas Main Emergency Polyclinic in Mantua during 2017. Methods: an observational and analytical Research on Health Systems and Services was carried out. The target group of the study was comprised of 4648 people 60 years of age and older who were attended, as well as all the doctors and nurses of the 27 Family Physician Offices, with a total of 53 providers. For the selection of the sample of geronts, a simple random probability sampling was used, at a rate of eight per clinic until 216 old people were chosen, to whom a survey was applied to evaluate the level of satisfaction. Providers were given another survey designed for the same purpose. The indicators of activities, results established in the subprogram and the corresponding program standards were applied. Results: the three components of the subprograms were evaluated as unsatisfactory. Most of its tracer indicators of hospital management did not meet the desired standards. Conclusions: the subprogram of community care to the elderly was evaluated in the municipality of Mantua, which evidenced deficiencies in its implementation, as well as limited availability of medical literature concerning this topic.