Atencion primaria
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To review the bibliography on stroke costs (ICD-10 code I63) in the field of primary care. ⋯ Thirty studies, of which 14 (46.6%) were related to post-stroke costs and 12 (40%) to cardiovascular prevention costs. The results show that most of them are retrospective analyzes of different databases of short-term hospital care, and do not allow a detailed analysis of the costs by different segments of services. The possibilities for improvement are centered on primary and secondary prevention, selection and pre-hospital transfer, early discharge with support, and social and health care.
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Observational Study
[Study of correlation between different scales that measure smoking dependence].
To analyze the correlation between the degrees of smoking dependence, measured with the Fagerström Test Nicotine Dependence (FTND), Glover-Nilsson Smoking Behavioral Dependence (GN-SBQ) and a measure of self-perceived-dependence (SPD). ⋯ The number of patients who consider their SPD to be high/very high was four times higher compared to the GN-SBQ or the FNTD; the latter, being the most demanding, categorizing patients with very high dependence. Requiring a FTND score greater than 7 to prescribe drugs for smoking cessation may exclude subsidiary patients from receiving treatment.