[Assessment of a chronic care program in Gerona (CRONIGICAT)].

Objective: To determine the utility and viability of a chronic care program.

Design: Cross-sectional descriptive study with qualitative and quantitative evaluation.

Setting And Participants: 26 primary care teams (PCT) from the Catalan health service of Gerona.

Impact of a quality improvement intervention on nurses' management of same-day primary care flow.

Aim: To evaluate the impact of an interdisciplinary intervention designed to improve the capacity of nurses to manage walk-in patient demand for primary health care.

Background: Implementation of a programme to expand nursing practice is a complex process that requires the application of context-appropriate measures and adaptation when results do not meet expectations.

Methods: A longitudinal, uncontrolled intervention study with a 3-year follow-up, from 2009 to 2012, was carried out in Catalonia (northeast Spain).