• Marta Gorina, Joaquín T Limonero, Xavier Peñart, Jordi Jiménez, and Javier Gassó.
• Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, España.
• Aten Primaria. 2014 Jun 1; 46 (6): 276-82.

ObjectiveTo determine the level of satisfaction of users that receive home health care through two different models of primary health care: integrated model and dispensaries model.Designcross-sectional, observational study.LocationTwo primary care centers in the province of Barcelona.ParticipantsThe questionnaire was administered to 158 chronic patients over 65 years old, of whom 67 were receiving health care from the integrated model, and 91 from the dispensaries model.Main MeasurementsThe Evaluation of Satisfaction with Home Health Care (SATISFAD12) questionnaire was, together with other complementary questions about service satisfaction of home health care, as well as social demographic questions (age, sex, disease, etc).ResultsThe patients of the dispensaries model showed more satisfaction than the users receiving care from the integrated model. There was a greater healthcare continuity for those patients from the dispensaries model, and a lower percentage of hospitalizations during the last year. The satisfaction of the users from both models was not associated to gender, the health perception,or independence of theConclusionsThe user satisfaction rate of the home care by primary health care seems to depend of the typical characteristics of each organisational model. The dispensaries model shows a higher rate of satisfaction or perceived quality of care in all the aspects analysed. More studies are neede to extrapolate these results to other primary care centers belonging to other institutions.Copyright © 2013 Elsevier España, S.L. All rights reserved.

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