National Institute of Public Health Researcher Updates Current Data on Health Insurance (Use of Outpatient Health Services by Mexicans Aged 15 Years and Older, According to Ethnicity): Health Insurance

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2023 FEB 27 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Investigators discuss new findings in health insurance. According to news originating from Cuernavaca, Mexico, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of health needs and use of outpatient services for indigenous (IP) and non-indigenous (NIP) populations aged 15 years, and to explore the associated factors and types of need. A cross-sectional study was conducted based on the 2018-19 National Health and Nutrition Survey.”

The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from National Institute of Public Health: “The population aged 15 years who had health needs and used outpatient services was identified. Logistic models were developed to explore the factors underlying the use of outpatient services. For both populations, being a woman increased the likelihood of using health services, and having health insurance was the most important variable in explaining the use of public health services. Compared to the NIP, a lower proportion of IP reported health needs during the month prior to the survey (12.8% vs. 14.7%); a higher proportion refrained from using outpatient services (19.6% vs. 12.6%); and a slightly higher proportion used public health services (56% vs.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “55.4%). For the NIP, older age and belonging to a household that had received cash transfers from a social program, had few members, a high socioeconomic level, and a head with no educational lag, all increased the likelihood of using public health services. It is crucial to implement strategies that both increase the use of public health services by the IP and incorporate health-insurance coverage as a universal right.”

For more information on this research see: Use of Outpatient Health Services by Mexicans Aged 15 Years and Older, According to Ethnicity. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2023,20(4). (International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph). The publisher for International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health is MDPI AG.

A free version of this journal article is available at https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20043048.

Our news editors report that more information may be obtained by contacting Blanca Estela Pelcastre-Villafuerte, Centre for Health Systems Research, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca 62100, Mexico. Additional authors for this research include Leticia Avila-Burgos, Sergio Meneses-Navarro, Nadia Cerecer-Ortiz, Julio Cesar Montanez-Hernandez.

ORCID is an identifier for authors and includes bibliographic information. The following is ORCID information for the authors of this research: Blanca Estela Pelcastre-Villafuerte (http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4755-1881), Leticia Avila-Burgos (http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8292-7103), Sergio Meneses-Navarro (http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6542-6454), Julio Cesar Montanez-Hernandez (http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9285-9928).