Objetive: To describe clinical characteristics and aspects of mortality in patients from the Hospital Regional Lambayeque during 2014-2018; Material and Methods: Retrospective and descriptive study with exploratory analysis. All deceased patients from the different services were included according to the Quality Management System registry. Results: There were 1560 deaths (4.7%); the median age was 55 years (IQR = 23-100), the most frequent age group was: over 75 years: 25.1%; 50.2% were women, 74.1% were from Lambayeque and 36.8% from Chiclayo; 32.6% were treated by Internal medicine and 18% by Intensive Medicine. The years that contributed with most deaths were: 2017 (21.2%) and 2014 (20.7%); the frequency of mortality was higher during 2014: 6.1% and lower during 2018: 4.1%. The most frequent discharge diagnoses were: sepsis/septic shock: 30.17% and respiratory failure:10.7%. In 14/156...

Objetivo: Describir los estilos de pensamiento de un grupo de estudiantes en el segundo y cuarto año de estudios del pregrado de medicina. Materiales y métodos: Estudio descriptivo, longitudinal y no experimental, en un grupo de 71 estudiantes. Resultados: Los estilos de pensamiento predominantes, en los años 2000 y 2002 respectivamente, fueron: función ejecutiva 53 (74,65%) y 58 (81,69%), forma monárquica 51 (71,83%) y oligárquica 49 (69,01%), nivel global 44 (61,97%) y local 41(57,75%), alcance interno 45 (63,38%) y 48 (67,61%), e inclinación liberal y conservadora 28 (39,44%) cada una y liberal 38 (53,52%). Conclusiones: Los hallazgos concuerdan parcialmente con los estilos de pensamiento del futuro profesional médico, función judicial, forma jerárquica, nivel global, alcance externo e inclinación liberal.

Objetivos: Determinar algunas características de la demanda de capacitación del personal administrativo de los hospitales nacionales del Ministerio de Salud en Lima y Callao correspondientes al año 2003. Materiales y Métodos: Se elaboró y validó un instrumento para la recolección de datos, el mismo que fue completado por las 224 personas que conformaron la muestra. Resultados: Los temas de capacitación más demandados fueron, en planificación, plan operativo; en economía, gestión económico financiera; en logística, gestión logística; en personal; gestión de personal; y en estadística, indicadores estadísticos. El lugar preferido para la capacitación fue el mismo establecimiento hospitalario, el horario fue el vespertino de 14:00 a 17:00 horas (41,07%), y la mayoría de personas prefieren no invertir ningún monto de dinero en capacitación (70,53%). Conclusiones...

Objectives. To evaluate the payment mechanism for outpatient care of patients diagnosed with cervical and breast cancer at the national institute of neoplastic diseases (inem). Methods. It is an observational,  descriptive and croos-sectional study. the population was composed of patients diagnosed with cervical and breast cancer, affiliated with the integrated health insurance system (sis) in peru who received outpatient care at the inen, during the period 2014-2016. information was obtained from the insurance and information technology office. Results. There is no temporal relationship between the service provided by inen and the financial disbursement made by the peruvian army ́s health insurance fund administration institute (iafas). there is an annual increase in cervical and breast cancer care. by type of cancer: breast cancer presented a maximum consultation  concentrat...

Objectives. To evaluate the payment mechanism for outpatient care of patients diagnosed with cervical and breast cancer at the national institute of neoplastic diseases (inem). Methods. It is an observational, descriptive and croos-sectional study. the population was composed of patients diagnosed with cervical and breast cancer, affiliated with the integrated health insurance system (sis) in peru who received outpatient care at the inen, during the period 2014-2016. information was obtained from the insurance and information technology office. Results. There is no temporal relationship between the service provided by inen and the financial disbursement made by the peruvian army  health insurance fund administration institute (iafas). there is an annual increase in cervical and breast cancer care. by type of cancer: breast cancer presented a maximum consultation concentration of 8.74 in...