[Does the Electronic Health Record reflect the social determinants of health from Primary Health Care?].

Objective: Analyze whether the use of Z codes in the Electronic Health Record (EHR) correlates with the socioeconomic reality of the population attended.

Design: Observational, descriptive, cross-sectional, ecological study.

Location: 90 health centres of two Primary Health Care (PHC) Departments of the Community of Madrid.

[Analysis of the influence of the process of care in primary health care on avoidable hospitalizations for heart failure].

Objective: To determine if the process of care in primary health, affects the risk of avoidable hospitalizations for ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSH) for heart failure (HF).

Design: Case-control study analyzing the risk of hospitalization for HF. The exposure factor was the process of care for HF in primary health.

Professional quality of life and organizational changes: a five-year observational study in Primary Care.

Background: The satisfaction and the quality of life perceived by professionals have implications for the performance of health organizations. We have assessed the variations in professional quality of life (PQL) and their explanatory factors during a services management decentralization process.

Methods: It was designed as a longitudinal analytical observational study in a Health Area in Madrid, Spain.

[Differences in mortality in the over-65s in a health area of the community of Madrid].

Objective: To detect the possible differences in risk of mortality of the population aged 65 and over in Health Area 11 of the Community of Madrid and to explore their relationship with economic factors.

Design: Observational, retrospective, and ecological-style study.

Setting: Districts and boroughs in Health Area 11 of the Community of Madrid, Spain.