Publications by authors named "Iruela A"

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.

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The study explores how Primary Health Care Team managers in Catalonia assess the gold standard criteria for excellence in Primary Health Care and whether there are differences in evaluations between the best and worst-rated centers by patients in a patient experience survey included in the Catalan Satisfaction Survey Plan (PLAENSA). The researchers used mixed methods to analyze 12 interviews done to Primary Care Team (PCT) managers. Interviews were transcribed and analyzed, yielding three themes and 12 subthemes.

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Objective: To analyze the relationship between administrative burden and intrinsic motivation and between administrative burden and professional well-being among family and community medicine physicians. To analyze the extent to which attention to three basic needs (autonomy, sense of competence and relationship capacity) that one of the main motivation theories identifies as a generator of intrinsic motivation compensates for the negative effect of the administrative burden. To compare management models.

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This study aimed at establishing native T1 reference values for a Canon Vantage Galan 3T system and comparing them with previously published values from different vendors. A total of 20 healthy volunteers (55% Women; 33.9 ± 11.

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Background: The use of calcitonin is very common in patients diagnosed with osteoporosis. The objective of this study was to determine the percentage of adequate prescriptions of calcitonin for patients with osteoporosis and to estimate the costs due to inadequate prescription.

Patients And Methods: Observational study.

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