Malnutrition is associated with postoperative complications in elderly patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty.

Introduction: Malnutrition in elderly patients with hip fracture has been described as a factor associated with poor outcomes. This evidence for elderly patients undergoing elective total hip arthroplasty (THA) for osteoarthritis is not well-established.

Methods: We retrospectively studied a cohort of patients with an age ≥65 years admitted to the hospital for THA between January 2018 and December 2020.

Concordance between two methods in measuring treatment adherence in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Objective: We analyzed the concordance between two methods for measuring treatment adherence (TA) and studied the determinants of TA in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional descriptive study in a primary care center, involving 320 diabetic patients. TA was measured using the Haynes-Sackett (H-S) adherence test during the patient interview and based on pharmacy refill data.

Antimuscarinic persistence patterns in newly treated patients with overactive bladder: a retrospective comparative analysis.

Introduction And Hypothesis: Treatment persistence is low in patients with overactive bladder (OAB), but persistence may vary among antimuscarinic agents. This study compared treatment persistence in patients with OAB receiving fesoterodine, solifenacin, or tolterodine as their initial OAB prescription in a routine clinical practice setting.

Methods: This retrospective study used medical records from primary healthcare centers in three locations in Spain; records from patients aged ≥18 years with a diagnosis of OAB who initiated antimuscarinic treatment for OAB (fesoterodine, tolterodine, or solifenacin) were included.

Health economics perspective of fesoterodine, tolterodine or solifenacin as first-time therapy for overactive bladder syndrome in the primary care setting in Spain.

Background: Overactive bladder (OAB) is associated with high healthcare costs, which may be partially driven by drug treatment. There is little comparative data on antimuscarinic drugs with respect to resource use and costs. This study was conducted to address this gap and the growing need for naturalistic studies comparing health economics outcomes in adult patients with OAB syndrome initiating treatment with different antimuscarinic drugs in a primary care setting in Spain.

Obtaining the mean relative weights of the cost of care in Catalonia (Spain): retrospective application of the adjusted clinical groups case-mix system in primary health care.

Objective: The study aims to obtain the mean relative weights (MRWs) of the cost of care through the retrospective application of the adjusted clinical groups (ACGs) in several primary health care (PHC) centres in Catalonia (Spain) in routine clinical practice.

Methods: This is a retrospective study based on computerized medical records. All patients attended by 13 PHC teams in 2008 were included.

[Inertia and treatment compliance in patients with type 2 diabetes in primary care].

Background And Objectives: Therapeutic inertia (TI) and therapeutic compliance (TC) are 2 important barriers in achieving the therapeutic objectives recommended for patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 (DM2). This study analyzes the TI in patients with DM2 who do not achieve the glycemic, blood pressure (BP) and LDL-cholesterol (c-LDL) control goals, the patients' TC and the relationship between TI and TC.

Patients And Methods: This is a descriptive study conducted in a Primary Health Care center.

[Comparison of three methods for measuring multiple morbidity according to the use of health resources in primary healthcare].

Objective: To compare three methods of measuring multiple morbidity according to the use of health resources (cost of care) in primary healthcare (PHC).

Design: Retrospective study using computerized medical records.

Setting: Thirteen PHC teams in Catalonia (Spain).

[What are the pharmacological costs of a well-controlled diabetic?].

Objective: To evaluate the cost of glucose lowering treatment (GLT) in our diabetic patients (DP).

Design: Cross-sectional descriptive study.

Setting: Urban primary health care centre.

The relationship between effectiveness and costs measured by a risk-adjusted case-mix system: multicentre study of Catalonian population data bases.

Background: The main objective of this study is to measure the relationship between morbidity, direct health care costs and the degree of clinical effectiveness (resolution) of health centres and health professionals by the retrospective application of Adjusted Clinical Groups in a Spanish population setting. The secondary objectives are to determine the factors determining inadequate correlations and the opinion of health professionals on these instruments.

Methods/design: We will carry out a multi-centre, retrospective study using patient records from 15 primary health care centres and population data bases.