Nine of every ten inhabitants is satisfied with the free choice of professional and Center health.
Fernández-Lasquetty took stock of the first year of operation of the freedom of choice in health
-Almost 280,000 people have chosen physician, pediatrician and nurse in primary, from October 15, 2010
-the most requested hospital is the Gregorio Marañón, followed by the ClÃnico San Carlos and the child Jesus
-92 percent of citizens are satisfied with the Centre for personalized attention, that manages citations
-shorten times of waiting and greater accessibility to the specialist, the reasons for exercising free choice
Madrid, October of 2011- 90% of the people of Madrid is satisfied with the possibility of exercising the right of free choice of doctor, nurse and health centre, while 92% is with the attention they receive from the Centre of attentionpersonalized n that manages citations, according to a survey conducted by the Ministry of health.
These data the provided last Saturday 15 Adviser Javier Fernández-Lasquetty, during the balance sheet that took place a year after its entry into force of free choice.
According to this study, the reasons why patients have exercised the freedom of choice are to shorten waiting times, greater accessibility to the specialist and on the recommendation of your primary care physician.
Since the entry into force of the freedom of choice in primary care the October 15, 2010, a total of 279.050 people have chosen doctor, pediatrician and nurse. Altogether, the number of requests for changes of professional so far are primary 467.359, of which 198.166 are doctor, pediatrician 50.337 and 218.856 of nurse.
198.166 Changes in your health care provider, 145.652 have been in the same centre and 52.514 in another. As for the 50.337 in Pediatrics, 33.379 have been changes to another professional from the Centre and 16.958 of another Center to the other. For its part, of the total number of nursing, 154.825 have been changes to another professional from the Centre and 64.031 to another Center.
Also, the number of refusals to change professional has been 8.658, representing 1.8% on the total number of requests. These denials have due inter alia to the safeguarding of the good relationship between the professional and the patient, to the professional exceeds the threshold or any others that might impair the correct medical practice.
Chosen professionals
as regards the most chosen doctor in primary care, this has been a professional from the Centre of London Health; in nursing is a professional in the Bavarian health centre; and in Pediatrics has been a professional in the Health Center San FermÃn.
On the free choice in specialized care, which entered into force on December 1, 2010, there have been 1.991.974 dating of which 152.718 corresponded to a hospital other than that it had assigned, representing 7.6% of the total.
On the other hand, the specialties with the highest rate of free choice are allergology, child neurosurgery, Pediatrics, Pulmonology, and Rheumatology, while hospitals more applications are the Gregorio Marañón, ClÃnico San Carlos, the child Jesus and Fundación Jiménez DÃaz.
To facilitate the freedom of choice, the Ministry of Health launched a web space in the portal of Health of the community of Madrid . Since its entry into operation this space has had a total of 33.281.962 accesses in the first year of operation.
Access to clinical information via the computer tool HORUS, a total of 639.137 consultations, of which 235.132 are specialized care and 404.005 are primary have been recorded.
HORUS is a history Viewer designed for its compatibility with digital electronic medical history of the national health system. Through this application is available 100% of the primary care clinic history, as well as the clinical episodes that have been generated in hospitals and specialties.
