Effectiveness of interventions related to continuity of health care in five Latin America countries

• Published in: European journal of public health Vol. 30; no. Supplement_5
• Main Authors: Espinel-Flores, V, Vargas, I, Samico, I, Eguiguren, P, Mogollón-Pérez, A, López, J, Bertolotto, F, Vázquez Navarrete, M L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Oxford Publishing Limited (England) 01.09.2020
• Subjects: Accessibility; Chi-square test; Chronic conditions; Chronic illnesses; Collaboration; Continuity (mathematics); Continuity of care; Health care; Impact analysis; Information; Information management; Intervention; Management; Mathematical analysis; Patients; Perception; Physicians; Primary care; Public health; Quasi-experimental methods; Repetition; Statistical tests; Colombia; Mexico; Latin America

Abstract Background Evaluation of interventions to improve continuity of care across care levels is scarce in Latin America. The Aim to analyse the impact of implemented interventions on the perception of continuity of care of chronic patients in public health care networks of five LA countries (Bra...