%0 Journal Article
%T Metodolog赤a para la caracterizaci車n de una red de servicios de salud y su aplicaci車n en el contexto ecuatoriano
%A L車pez Puig
%A Pedro
%A Alonso Carbonell
%A Liuba
%A Garc赤a Milian
%A Ana Julia
%A Serrano Patten
%A Ana Caridad
%A Ram赤rez Le車n
%A Laura B
%J Revista Cubana de Salud P迆blica
%D 2011
%I Centro Nacional de Informaci車n de Ciencias M谷dicas
%R 10.1590/S0864-34662011000200005
%X introduction the paho/who initiative for the integrated health service networks with the objective of contributing to the development of primary health care-based health systems is part of the response to the challenge of fragmentation existing in the latin american scenario. objectives creation and validation of a methodology to diagnose failures in the integration of a health service network, and thus to prepare the way to attain this goal. methods a developmental research work that allowed creating a methodology to be applied in two stages: one diagnostic and the other as intervention design. the first stage used qualitative techniques to characterize a health service network whereas the second one applied strategic planning techniques to make the design of a road map for integration. both phases were developed in ecuadorean regions. results the steps for the creation of the two phases of methodology, the instruments used and the construction of a health service network integration index were presented. conclusions a methodology for the characterization and evaluation of and the intervention in a health service network was presented in order to improve the levels of integration reached at a given time.
%K integration
%K networks
%K health services
%K health service fragmentation
%K road map
%K ecuador.
%U http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0864-34662011000200005&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en