Evaluación de Riesgos Individuales para Aseguramiento en Salud

Abstract

Health Risk Assessment Studies allows opportunities to emphasize on health promotion and disease prevention on single individuals, which generalizes to populations. Well written medical records and family history are key components of health risk assessments. This information is determinant to figure out individual health risks in chronic conditions and hereditary diseases. Despite health risk assessments have been around since 1940, and their use is commonly used in work environments, it has not been in widespread use in clinical practice and in health insurance. This dissertation describes and foments the use of health risk assessments in single individuals as a fundamental tool for all level clinical practice, as well in health insurance and health systems.