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[Anesthesia practice in Catalonia, Spain: background, objectives, and design of the ANESCAT 2003 survey]

Publicated to:Medicina Clinica. 126 Suppl 2 (SUPPL.2): 3-12 - 2006-05-24 126 Suppl 2(SUPPL.2), DOI: 10.1157/13088795

Authors: Canet, Jaume; Sabate, Sergi; Gomar, Carmen; Castillo, Jorge; Villalonga, Antonio; Roldan, Julian

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The increasing workload in anesthesiology together with the shortage of anesthetists has led to worldwide concern within the specialty. In 2003, the Catalan Society of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Therapy undertook the ANESCAT survey to determine the anesthesia practice workload in Catalonia, Spain.A set of 3 questionnaires was used to quantify anesthesia practice and resources. A sample size of 12,228 events was estimated to be necessary to be representative of the number of anesthetic procedures carried out in Catalonia annually. A prospective, cross-sectional survey was carried out on 14 randomly chosen days in 2003. Each hospital designated a coordinator responsible for ensuring that a questionnaire was filled in for each anesthetic procedure, to provide information about patient characteristics, anesthetic technique, and the intervention for which anesthesia was needed.All 131 public and private hospitals in which anesthetic procedures were carried out participated. The geographic distribution was as follows: Barcelona city, 54 (41.2%); rest of the province of Barcelona, 39 (29.8%); Tarragona, 15 (11.5%); Girona, 14 (10.7%), and Lleida, 9 (6.9%). A total of 23,136 questionnaires about anesthesia procedures were received; the number of questionnaires returned on the selected workdays varied by 1.85% and the percentage of incomplete returns was less than 5%. The number of individual anesthetists returning questionnaires for processing was 765.This large-scale study was possible thanks to a simple design and the strong motivation of a community of anesthesiologists. The results have provided an accurate picture of anesthesia practice within a specific geographical area. Such studies are necessary for introducing organizational changes and applying for additional resources.

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Age distributionAnesthesiaAnesthesia practiceAnesthesiologyCatalonia, spainCross-sectional studiesEconomicsHealth manpowerHospitalsHumansMethodsProspective studiesQuestionnairesReproducibility of resultsSampling studiesSex distributionSpainTomography, x-ray computedTrends

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Medicina Clinica due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2006, it was in position 44/102, thus managing to position itself as a Q2 (Segundo Cuartil), in the category Medicine, General & Internal. Notably, the journal is positioned en el Cuartil Q2 para la agencia Scopus (SJR) en la categoría Medicine (Miscellaneous).

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from the Field Citation Ratio (FCR) of the Dimensions source, it yields a value of: 3.47, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: Dimensions Jul 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-07-05, the following number of citations:

  • Scopus: 17
  • Europe PMC: 17

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-07-05:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 23 (PlumX).