Baechler R Roberto, Barra R Marcela, Soto P Alex
Departamento de Epidemiología e Información para la Gestión, Servicio de Salud del Maule, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud Universidad Católica del Maule.
Rev Med Chil. 2007 Jun;135(6):777-82. doi: 10.4067/s0034-98872007000600014. Epub 2007 Aug 22.
Preventive activities of the public health system in Chile are not integrated and there is no parameter assessing the whole population that is benefited with these activities.
To develop and implement a mathematical measure of the coverage of preventive health activities, provided to different age groups.
Data was gathered from the monthly statistical reports of the women, children, teenager, adult and elderly health programs in 30 communities of the Seventh Chilean Region. The preventive medicine index (PMI) was calculated as the ratio between the population that was ascribed to each program and the population that was a potential beneficiary of such program.
In the studied region, the global coverage of preventive medicine, calculated using the PMI, increased from 0.229 in 1999 to 0.370 in 2003. This represents a 61% increment. However, there are important inequalities in the access to preventive health in the different communities of the region.
The PMI revealed a substantial increment in preventive health activities in the studied region.
智利公共卫生系统的预防活动缺乏整合，且没有评估受益于这些活动的全体人口的参数。
制定并实施一项针对不同年龄组预防性健康活动覆盖情况的数学衡量指标。
数据收集自智利第七大区30个社区的妇女、儿童、青少年、成人及老年人健康项目月度统计报告。预防医学指数（PMI）通过将归属于每个项目的人口与该项目潜在受益人口的比例计算得出。
在所研究地区，使用PMI计算得出的预防医学总体覆盖率从1999年的0.229增至2003年的0.370。这代表增长了61%。然而，该地区不同社区在获得预防性健康服务方面存在重大不平等现象。
PMI显示在所研究地区预防性健康活动有显著增长。
