Articles from Castilla-La Mancha, of primary health care interest, published in national journals. Review of 5 years (1986-1990)
Beltrán Brotons, J.L.; Martínez García, F.
Atencion Primaria 8(11): 954-960
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0212-6567 PMID: 1807431 Document Number: 374139
The publications cover the research undertaken and express the scientific level of a community or of a field of study. To describe the scientific development of Primary Health Care (PHC) in Castilla-La Mancha (CLM), 71 projects carried out in the area are studied. These projects were found in seven national magazines, through a survey of the period 1986-1990. Of these, variants in both authors and articles have been studied. 44% are in Primary Care. There are 141 authors (only two with greater than 10 articles). Professionals working in Health Centres participate in 31 articles (44%). The subject most commonly dealt with is that of drugs. 58% of the bibliographical references fall within the previous 5 years. 83% are "originals" and "letters to the editor"; of these, 71% use descriptive and 22% analytical methods. 39% use inferential statistics. The results have confirmed Bradford and Lotka's bibliometric laws. Those in the scientific community of CLM who have researched into PHC do not appear to differ from any other research groups. A greater use of analytical methods would raise the scientific level of PHC.