Indigenous condition in health services: comparison of quality of care 2012-2018 for poor population
| Title: | Indigenous condition in health services: comparison of quality of care 2012-2018 for poor population |
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| Authors: | Sergio Flores-Hernández, Laura Rosario Mendoza-Alvarado, Waldo Iván Vieyra-Romero, Estephanía Moreno-Zegbe, Arturo Cuauhtémoc Bautista-Morales, Hortensia Reyes-Morales |
| Source: | Salud Pública de México, Vol 61, Iss 6, nov-dic, Pp 716-725 (2019) |
| Publisher Information: | Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, 2019. |
| Publication Year: | 2019 |
| Collection: | LCC:Public aspects of medicine |
| Subject Terms: | calidad de la atención en salud, población indí¬gena, atención ambulatoria, pobreza, poblaciones vulnerables, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270 |
| More Details: | Objective. To compare the perception of the quality of ambulatory care in users of health services in 2012 and 2018, by indigenous and non-indigenous condition. Materials and methods. With information from two population surveys (Encuesta Nacional de Salud y Nutrición [Ensanut] 2012 and Ensanut 100k) the quality of care was analyzed based on indicators of structure, process, health outcome and care satisfaction. Results. Between 2012 and 2018, the use of private health services increased; favorable opinion about the conditions of the site, and perception of short waiting times decreased among non-indigenous people. In public health services, the supply of medicines remained high, the laboratory and Rx tests in the same care unit and pharmacology treatment explanation decreased, particularly among non-indigenous patients. Perception of health improvement and satisfaction of care was adequate. Conclusion. An ambulatory care model aimed to response needs and expectations of the most vulnerable population, mainly the indigenous population, is a priority. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English Spanish; Castilian |
| ISSN: | 0036-3634 |
| Relation: | http://www.saludpublica.mx/index.php/spm/article/view/10562; https://doaj.org/toc/0036-3634 |
| DOI: | 10.21149/10562 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/e3296ba3f9c94344808f099f50c2b073 |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.3296ba3f9c94344808f099f50c2b073 |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 00363634 |
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| DOI: | 10.21149/10562 |
| Published in: | Salud Pública de México |
| Language: | English Spanish; Castilian |