[Prospects of adjusted clinical groups (ACG's) in capitated payment risk adjustment]Antoni Sicras-Mainar
Dirección de Planificación y Desarrollo Organizativo, Badalona, Serveis Assistencials, Badalona, Barcelona
Rev Esp Salud Publica 80:55-65. 2006
..S. by using the Adjusted Clinical Groups (ACG's) as a possible capitated payment risk adjustment...
[Validating the Adjusted Clinical Groups [ACG] case-mix system in a Spanish population setting: a multicenter study]Antoni Sicras-Mainar
Dirección de Planificación, Badalona Servicios Asistenciales, S A, Badalona, Barcelona, Espana
Gac Sanit 23:228-31. 2009
..To validate the Johns Hopkins ACG case-mix system used in various primary and specialized care centers attending a defined population in Spain...
- [Adjusted clinical groups use at a Spanish primary care center: a retrospective, population-based study]
Antoni Sicras-Mainar
Dirección de Planificación, Badalona Serveis Assistencials, S A, Barcelona, Spain
Rev Panam Salud Publica 27:49-55. 2010
..To evaluate the results of implementing a classification system based on adjusted clinical groups (ACG) at a primary health care (PHC) in a Spanish population...
- Resource use and economic impact of patients with gout: a multicenter, population-wide study
Antoni Sicras-Mainar
Dirección de Planificación, Badalona Serveis Assistencials SA, Badalona, Barcelona, Espana
Reumatol Clin 9:94-100. 2013
..To determine the use of resources and economic impact of patients with gout at the population level...
- Cost analysis of adding pregabalin or gabapentin to the management of community-treated patients with peripheral neuropathic pain
Antoni Sicras-Mainar
Badalona Serveis Assistencials, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain
J Eval Clin Pract 18:1170-9. 2012
..To compare the cost of adding either pregabalin or gabapentin to the management of community-treated patients with peripheral neuropathic pain (PNP)...
- Obtaining the mean relative weights of the cost of care in Catalonia (Spain): retrospective application of the adjusted clinical groups case-mix system in primary health care
Antoni Sicras-Mainar
Directorate of Planning, Badalona Serveis Assistencials SA, Badalona, Spain
J Eval Clin Pract 19:267-76. 2013
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- [Incidence, resource use and costs associated with postherpetic neuralgia: a population-based retrospective study]
Antonio Sicras-Mainar
Dirección de Planificación y Desarrollo Organizativo, Badalona, Espana
Rev Neurol 55:449-61. 2012
..To determine the incidence rate, the treatment administered and the use of health resources and health, and their respective costs in patients with postherpetic neuralgia (PHN)...
- C-reactive protein as a marker of cardiovascular disease in patients with a schizophrenia spectrum disorder treated in routine medical practice
A Sicras-Mainar
Directorate of Planning, Department of Psychiatry, Badalona Serveis Assistencials, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain
Eur Psychiatry 28:161-7. 2013
..However, its role in schizophrenia patients is unknown. The goal of this research was thus to explore the use of CRP as a marker of CVD risk in patients with schizophrenia...
Retrospective epidemiological study for the characterization of community- acquired pneumonia and pneumococcal pneumonia in adults in a well-defined area of Badalona (Barcelona, Spain)Antoni Sicras-Mainar
Planning Management Department, Dirección de Planificación y Desarrollo Organizativo, Badalona Serveis Assistencials SA, Gaietà Soler, 6 8 entlo, 08911, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain
BMC Infect Dis 12:283. 2012
..This study determines impact, clinical characteristics, outcome and economic consequences of CAP in the adult (≥18 years) population attended in 6 primary-care centers and 2 hospitals in Badalona (Spain) over a two-year period...
- [Study of patients with gout: clinical features in the last 2 years of monitoring]
Antoni Sicras-Mainar
Dirección de Planificación, Badalona Serveis Assistencials, Badalona, Barcelona, Espana
Gac Med Mex 148:448-56. 2012
..to analyze the clinical characteristics of gout patients with < 3 attacks and ≥ 3 acute attacks per year...
- Statins after recent stroke reduces recurrence and improves survival in an aging Mediterranean population without known coronary heart disease
A Sicras-Mainar
Directorate of Planning, Badalona Serveis Assistencials SA, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain
J Clin Pharm Ther 37:441-7. 2012
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- Pharmaceutical cost control in primary care: opinion and contributions by healthcare professionals
Alexandra Prados-Torres
Instituto Aragones de Ciencias de la Salud, Zaragoza, Espana
BMC Health Serv Res 9:209. 2009
..This study collects and analyzes the opinions of general practitioners (GPs) regarding current cost control measures as well as their proposals for improving the effectiveness of these measures...
- Comparison of escitalopram vs. citalopram and venlafaxine in the treatment of major depression in Spain: clinical and economic consequences
Antoni Sicras-Mainar
Badalona Serveis Assistencials, SA, Department of Planning, Badalona, Spain
Curr Med Res Opin 26:2757-64. 2010
..citalopram (CIT) and venlafaxine (VEN) in patients who initiate treatment for a new episode of major depression (MD) in real life conditions of outpatient practice...
- Clinical validity of a population database definition of remission in patients with major depression
Antoni Sicras-Mainar
Badalona Serveis Assistencials SA, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain, Gaietà Soler, 6 8 entlo, 08911 Badalona, Barcelona, Spain
BMC Public Health 10:64. 2010
..Major depression (MD) is one of the most frequent diagnoses in Primary Care. It is a disabling illness that increases the use of health resources...
- [All-cause mortality and incidence of major cardiovascular events in hypertensive patients with ASCOT-type profile in a Spanish population setting]
Antoni Sicras-Mainar
Dirección de Planificación, Badalona Serveis Assistencials SA, Badalona, Barcelona, Espana
Aten Primaria 42:420-30. 2010
..The goal was to compare the incidence of CVE and all-causes mortality in hypertensive patients with an ASCOT-type profile with that of the rest hypertensive subjects...
- [Relationship among the degree of control of arterial hypertension, comorbidity and costs in individuals over age 30 during 2006]
Antoni Sicras-Mainar
Dirección de Planificación, Badalona Serveis Assistencials SA, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain
Rev Esp Salud Publica 82:315-22. 2008
..This study is aimed at determining the relationship among the degree to which arterial hypertension is controlled, comorbidity and the direct costs in primary care...
- [Consumption of oral analgesics and dosage forms in elderly patients: population-based study]
Antoni Sicras-Mainar
Dirección de Planificación, Badalona Serveis Assistencials, Badalona, Barcelona, Espana
Farm Hosp 33:161-71. 2009
..The objective of the study was to describe the consumption of oral analgesics (OA) in people aged inverted exclamation >or= 65 years, and distinguish between easy-to-swallow (ETS) formulations and solid forms...
- [Impact of morbidity, resource use and costs on maintenance of remission of major depression in Spain: a longitudinal study in a population setting]
Antoni Sicras-Mainar
Dirección de Planificación, Badalona Serveis Assistencials S A, Badalona, Barcelona, Espana
Gac Sanit 24:13-9. 2010
..To determinate the impact of comorbidity, resource use and cost (healthcare and lost productivity) on maintenance of remission of major depressive disorder in a Spanish population setting...
- [Influence of compliance on the incidence of cardiovascular events and health costs when using single-pill fixed-dose combinations for the treatment of hypertension]
Antoni Sicras Mainar
Dirección de Planificación, Badalona Serveis Assistencials S A, Badalona, Barcelona, Espana
Med Clin (Barc) 136:183-91. 2011
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- The relationship between effectiveness and costs measured by a risk-adjusted case-mix system: multicentre study of Catalonian population data bases
Antoni Sicras-Mainar
Directorate of Planning, Badalona Serveis Assistencials SA, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain
BMC Public Health 9:202. 2009
..Statistical analysis: multiple regression analysis (procedure: enter), ANCOVA (method: Bonferroni's adjustment) and multilevel analysis will be carried out to correct models. The level of statistical significance will be p < 0.05...
- [Abstinence rates with varenicline compared to bupropion and nicotine replacement therapy for quitting smoking in primary care]
Antoni Sicras Mainar
Dirección de Planificación, Badalona Serveis Assistencials S A, Badalona, Barcelona, Espana
Aten Primaria 43:482-9. 2011
..The objective of this study was to estimate the continuous abstinence rates of varenicline, bupropion and nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) in smoking cessation in 2 Primary Care (PC) External Support Units...
- [Morbidity and costs associated with depressive syndrome in stroke sufferers in a population]
A Sicras Mainar
Dirección de Planificación, Badalona Serveis Assistencials, Barcelona, Espana
Farm Hosp 32:309-14. 2008
..To measure morbidity and the associated costs of depressive disorders (DD) in subjects who have had a stroke in a population treated by primary care settings under usual clinical practice conditions...
- [Use of resources and costs profile in patients with fibromyalgia or generalized anxiety disorder in primary care settings]
Antoni Sicras-Mainar
Dirección de Planificación, Badalona Serveis Assistencials SA, Badalona, Barcelona, Espana
Aten Primaria 41:77-84. 2009
..To determine the use of services and costs in patients with Fibromyalgia (FM) or Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) followed up in Primary Care (PC)...
- [Influence of morbidity and the use of health resources in patients who require care for generalised anxiety disorder in the primary health care setting]
Antoni Sicras-Mainar
Dirección de Planificación Badalona Serveis Assistencials, S A Badalona Barcelona España
Aten Primaria 40:603-10. 2008
..To evaluate the co-morbidity, health care use, economical impact, and availability of effective treatments used in generalised anxiety disorder (GAD) patients in a primary care setting (PCS)...
- [Influence of substitution of brand name for generic drugs on therapeutic compliance in hypertension and dyslipidemia]
Antoni Sicras Mainar
Dirección de Planificación, Badalona Serveis Assistencials S A, Badalona, Barcelona, Espana
Gac Sanit 24:473-82. 2010
..To determine therapeutic compliance when brand name amlodipine and simvastatin are substituted for generic drugs, and to determine patients' and physicians' opinions of this substitution...
- [Morbi-mortality and use of recourses after acute coronary syndrome in a Spanish population]
A Sicras-Mainar
Dirección de Planificación, Badalona Serveis Assistencials SA, Barcelona, Espana
Rev Clin Esp 211:560-71. 2011
..To describe the management of patients suffering acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and to determine its clinical and economic consequences in a Spanish population...
- Use of aspirin for primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease in diabetic patients in an ambulatory care setting in Spain
Antoni Sicras-Mainar
Badalona Serveis Assistencials SA, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain
BMC Fam Pract 8:60. 2007
..This study was conducted in order to determine the use of aspirin and to assess the achievement of therapeutic targets in diabetic patients according to primary (PP) or secondary prevention (SP)...
- Metabolic syndrome in outpatients receiving antipsychotic therapy in routine clinical practice: a cross-sectional assessment of a primary health care database
Antoni Sicras-Mainar
Planning Directorate, Badalona Serveis Assistencials SA, Gaietà Soler, 8 entresuelo, 08911 Badalona Barcelona, Spain
Eur Psychiatry 23:100-8. 2008
..To determine the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MS) in outpatients treated with antipsychotics included in a primary-health-care database...
- Adjusted Clinical Groups use as a measure of the referrals efficiency from primary care to specialized in Spain
Antoni Sicras-Mainar
Planning Management, Badalona Serveis Assistencials, SA, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain
Eur J Public Health 17:657-63. 2007
..To determine the referral rate (RR) per centre, its main causes and the adjusted efficiency indexes, through the retrospective implementation of the Adjusted Clinical Groups (ACG) in a Spanish primary care setting...
- [Calculation of morbidity, use of resources and costs of patients treated with tiotropium bromide for COPD in a Spanish population]
Antoni Sicras-Mainar
Dirección de Planificación, Badalona Serveis Assistencials, Badalona Barcelona, Espana
Aten Primaria 39:547-55. 2007
..To determine the co-morbidity and economic impact of treatment with tiotropium bromide (TB) for COPD, in a population cared for by Spanish primary care teams (PCTs) and specialist physicians, in the context of routine clinical practice...
- [Measurement of relative cost weights as an effect of the retrospective application of adjusted clinical groups in primary care]
Antoni Sicras-Mainar
Badalona Serveis Assistencials, S A, Badalona, Barcelona, Espana
Gac Sanit 20:132-41. 2006
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- [Cost of arterial hypertension according to levels of morbidity in primary care setting]
Antoni Sicras-Mainar
Dirección de Planificación, Badalona Serveis Assistencials SA, Badalona, Barcelona, Espana
Med Clin (Barc) 133:290-5. 2009
..To determine the health care cost and the labour incapacity of hypertension (AHT) according to different levels of morbidity in primary care setting (PC)...
- Treating patients with fibromyalgia in primary care settings under routine medical practice: a claim database cost and burden of illness study
Antoni Sicras-Mainar
Badalona Serveis Assistencials, C, Gaietà Soler, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain
Arthritis Res Ther 11:R54. 2009
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- [Comparison of three methods for measuring multiple morbidity according to the use of health resources in primary healthcare]
Antoni Sicras-Mainar
Directora de Planificación, Badalona Serveis Assistencials, Badalona, Barcelona, Espana
Aten Primaria 44:348-57. 2012
..To compare three methods of measuring multiple morbidity according to the use of health resources (cost of care) in primary healthcare (PHC)...
- Relationship between obesity and antipsychotic drug use in the adult population: A longitudinal, retrospective claim database study in Primary Care settings
Antoni Sicras-Mainar
Planning Management, Badalona Serveis Assistencials S A Badalona, Barcelona, Spain
Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat 4:219-26. 2008
..To describe the association between obesity and the use of antipsychotic drugs (APDs) in adult outpatients followed-up on in five Primary Care settings...
- [Use of resources and costs associated to fractures in spanish women]
Antoni Sicras-Mainar
Dirección de Planificación, Badalona Serveis Assistencials SA, Barcelona, Espana
Rev Peru Med Exp Salud Publica 29:350-6. 2012
..5 (p<0.001) for those who did not have it. Patients with a fracture generate a greater use of resources, sanitation costs and work productivity losses...
- [Costs and associated factors with optimal and suboptimal responses to the treatment of major depressive disorder]
Antoni Sicras-Mainar
Dirección de Planificación, Badalona Serveis Assistencials, Badalona, Barcelona, Espana
Aten Primaria 44:667-75. 2012
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- [Comparative study at 4 health centres of efficiency, measured on the basis of ambulatory care groups]
Josep Serrat Tarrés
Badalona Serveis Assistencials, Badalona Barcelona, Espana
Aten Primaria 38:275-82. 2006
..To measure efficiency in the use of resources for the care lists of four primary care centres (PCC), by using ambulatory care Groups (ACGs)...
- [Patterns of health services use and costs in patients with mental disorders in primary care]
Antoni Sicras Mainar
Dirección de Planificación, Badalona Serveis Assistencials, Badalona, Barcelona, Espana
Gac Sanit 21:306-13. 2007
..To determine the pattern of services use and costs of patients requiring care for mental disorders (MD) in primary care in the context of routine clinical practice...
