Table 1

Indicators analysed, data sources and reference years

IndicatorData sourceYear
Mortality rate per 1000 inhabitantsMortality registry2014
Mortality rate due to suicide per 100 000 inhabitantsMortality registry2014
People with high morbidity (%)*Databases for primary care (CMBD-AP), acute hospitals (CMBD-HA), emergencies (CMBD-URG), mental health outpatient centres (CMBD-SMA) and psychiatric hospitalisation (CMBD-SMH)2015
People attended in primary care (%)Database for primary care (CMBD-AP)2015
Mean number of visits to primary care servicesDatabase for primary care (CMBD-AP)2015
People attended at emergency services (%) (acute hospital, primary care emergency centres or emergency medical services)Database for emergencies (CMBD-URG)2015
Mean number of visits to emergency care servicesDatabase for emergencies (CMBD-URG)2015
People attended at mental health centres (%) (excluding the under 5 years old)Database for mental health outpatient centres (CMBD-SMA)2015
Mean number visits to mental health centres (excluding the under 5 years)Database for mental health outpatient centres (CMBD-SMA)2015
Hospitalisation rate per 1000 inhabitantsDatabase for psychiatric hospitalisation (CMBD-SMH)2015
Potentially preventable hospitalisation rate (complications of diabetes mellitus, heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, angina pectoris, urinary tract infections, bacterial pneumonia, dehydration and hypertension) per 1000 inhabitants (excludes population under the age of 45)†Database for acute hospitals (CMBD-HA)2015
Rate of surgical hospitalisation per 1000 inhabitantsDatabase for acute hospitals (CMBD-HA)2015
Rate of psychiatric hospitalisation per 1000 inhabitants (excluding the under 5 years)Database for acute hospitals (CMBD-HA)2015
Individuals consuming medication (%)Pharmacy billing database2015
Mean number of prescriptionsPharmacy billing database2015
People with psychoactive drugs’ prescriptions retired from the pharmacy (also known as, consumers of psychoactive drugs) (%) (anxiolytics, antidepressants or antipsychotics, excluding the under 5 years)Pharmacy billing database2015
Consumers of anxiolytics (%) (excluding the under 5 years)Pharmacy billing database2015
Consumers of antidepressants (%) (excluding the under 5 years)Pharmacy billing database2015
Consumers of antipsychotics (%) (excluding the under 5 years)Pharmacy billing database2015
Consumers of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) drugs (%) (population aged 6–24 years)Pharmacy billing database2015
  • *Monterde D, Vela E, Clèries M; grupo colaborativo GMA. Los grupos de morbilidad ajustados: nuevo agrupador de morbilidad poblacional de utilidad en el ámbito de la atención primaria. Aten Primaria 2016;48:674–82.

  • AHRQ Quality Indicators. Guide to Prevention Quality Indicators: Hospital Admission for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2001. AHRQ Pub. No. 02-R0203. https://www.ahrq.gov/downloads/pub/ahrqqi/pqiguide.pdf.

  • CMBD, Conjunt mínim bàsic de dades.