[Adjusted clinical groups use at a Spanish primary care center: a retrospective, population-based study].

Objectives: To evaluate the results of implementing a classification system based on adjusted clinical groups (ACG) at a primary health care (PHC) in a Spanish population.

Methods: A retrospective, cross-sectional study based on the computerized medical records of outpatients seen in 2007 by the La Roca clinic, administered by a health services management company in La Roca del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain. The ACGs were formed according to the International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification.

[Imported hookworm infection in African immigrants in Spain: study of 285 patients].

Background And Objective: Hookworm infection is a worldwide intestinal parasitic disease affecting more than one billion people. It represents an important public health problem in rural areas of developing countries. In our environment, it is generally considered an imported disease due to the immigration process.

[Imported diseases in African immigrants in Spain: study of 1,321 patients].

Background: Immigrants can carry diseases characteristic from their countries of origin. These are known as imported diseases (ID) and can be classified into tropical diseases (TD) or cosmopolitan diseases (CD). The aim of this study was to analyse the ID in African immigrants and evaluate their repercussion in the Spanish Public Health.

[Imported paludism: an emerging illness].

Background: We aimed at knowing the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of imported malaria in Maresme county (Barcelona), Spain.

Patients And Method: A descriptive and retrospective study of patients diagnosed with imported malaria at the Hospital de Mataró (HM) (1982-2000).

Results: 64 cases of malaria were diagnosed, which supposed a significant increase in its incidence over the last decade.