Performance of a national primary care chronic disease screening strategy in Chile: a mixed-methods analysis
This is the first evaluation of Chile's preventive health screening, demonstrating high implementation but dramatically low completion rates of diagnostic actions after the screening. The policy urgently needs to ensure active follow-up throughout the diagnostic pathway, which can lead to early diagnosis and prevent avoidable complications of cardiovascular disease and cancer.
Authors
- Paula Zamorano
- Teresita Varela (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8494-1585)
- Diego García Huidobro
- Juan Ilabaca
- Mayra Martínez
- Álvaro Téllez
- Isidora Salvatierra
Institutions
- University of Minnesota (US)
- Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (CL)
- Ministry of Health (CL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Health Services Research
- Published
- 2025-08-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-025-13104-x
- Primary Topic
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile