Predicting healthcare expenditure by multimorbidity groups.

Objectives: This article has two main purposes. Firstly, to model the integrated healthcare expenditure for the entire population of a health district in Spain, according to multimorbidity, using Clinical Risk Groups (CRG). Secondly, to show how the predictive model is applied to the allocation of health budgets.

Measurement of health-related quality by multimorbidity groups in primary health care.

Background: Increased life expectancy in Western societies does not necessarily mean better quality of life. To improve resources management, management systems have been set up in health systems to stratify patients according to morbidity, such as Clinical Risk Groups (CRG). The main objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of multimorbidity on health-related quality of life (HRQL) in primary care.

[Impact of cardiovascular risk factors on the consumption of resources in Primary Care according to Clinical Risk Groups].

Objective: To analyze the prevalence of Cardiovascular Risk Factors (CVRF) in the context of a Basic Health Area and the impact they generate on morbidity and consumption of healthcare resources in the stratified population according to the Clinical System Risk Groups (CRG) in Primary Care, with the purpose of identifying the population with multimorbidity to apply preventive measures, as well as the one that generates the highest care burden and social needs.

Design: Observational, cross-sectional and population-based study for a basic health area during 2013.

Location: Department of Health 2 (Castellón), Comunidad Valenciana (CV).

[Impact of Morbidity on Health Care Costs of a Department of Health through Clinical Risk Groups. Valencian Community, Spain].

Background: Risk adjustment systems based on diagnosis stratify the population according to the observed morbidity. The aim of this study was to analyze the total health expenditure in a health area, relating to age, gender and morbidity observed in the population.

Methods: Observational cross-sectional study of population and area of health care costs in the Health District of Denia-Marina Salud (Alicante) in 2013.

[Impact of Teriparatide on Quality of Life in Osteoporotic Patients].

Background: Lost bone in osteoporotic patients increases the risk of fractures and back pain, and decreases quality of life. The aim of this study was to analyse the effect of teriparatide (TPTD) in osteoporotic patients with vertebral pain.

Methods: A prospective observational study between April 2006 and February 2014 was done with 77 patients treated with teriparatide in the Pain Unit of Hospital Obispo Polanco of Teruel (Spain).

Pharmaceutical cost management in an ambulatory setting using a risk adjustment tool.

Background: Pharmaceutical expenditure is undergoing very high growth, and accounts for 30% of overall healthcare expenditure in Spain. In this paper we present a prediction model for primary health care pharmaceutical expenditure based on Clinical Risk Groups (CRG), a system that classifies individuals into mutually exclusive categories and assigns each person to a severity level if s/he has a chronic health condition. This model may be used to draw up budgets and control health spending.

Incidence and variability of temporary disability due to anxiety disorders during 2009 in the Valencia Community, Spain.

Background: Anxiety, dissociative and somatoform disorders (WHO-e 300) are the second cause of Temporary Disability (TD) in Spain. This is the main reason that justifies the analysis of the variability among primary health care centers (PHC) of the Valencian Community in the prescription processes of Temporary Disability for these disorders.

Methods: Epidemiological cross-sectional descriptive study of variability of TD processes initiated in 2009 corresponding to diagnosis e 300 in 739 PHC from 23 health districts in the Valencian Community, where 25,859 TD processes for the diagnosis e 300 were prescribed.