[Evaluation of a medical records archive through the application of statistical methods for quality control].

Background: In undertaking a Minimum Basic Data Set (MBDS) of hospital discharges has to be done for all hospitals. It depends on the good function of the Medical Records Archive. The objective of this study is the continuous evaluation of the quality of the Medical Records Archive via Control Diagrams statistical techniques arose.

[Tuberculosis pathology attended in emergency through the analysis of the hospital discharges MBDS in the West Valladolid Area, Spain (2002-2006)].

Background: Tuberculosis (TB) continues to be an important health problem, in many cases the Hospital Emergency Services (HES) are the first contact of the patients with the sanitary system, there is not known the impact of this disease in the above mentioned services. The objectives of this study are to know the importance of TB in HES and to describe hospital discharges (MBDS) with TB diagnosis and if they had already been diagnosed in the HES.

Methods: A retrospective descriptive study of discharges with TB diagnosis in the hospital ward and in the HES of a tertiary care university hospital from 2002 to 2006.