Utilization of hospital services for cancer care in Mexico

Salud Pública de México

Evangelina Morales-Carmona¹  Lucino Iván Espín-Arellano¹  Leonel González-González¹  Lina Sofía Palacio-Mejía¹  Julián Alfredo Fernández-Niño¹  Juan Eugenio Hernández-Ávila²  Alejandro Mohar-Betancourt³  Mauricio Hernández-Ávila⁴ 

[1] Centro de Información para Decisiones en Salud Pública, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. Ciudad de México, México.;Centro de Información para Decisiones en Salud Pública, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. Ciudad de México, México;Instituto Nacional de Cancerología. Ciudad de México, México.;Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. Cuernavaca, México.;

关键词: neoplasm;    utilization;    health services;    patient discharge;    Mexico;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Objective. To analyze the utilization of hospital services for cancer care by location, sex, age group and care institution in Mexico from 2004-2013. Materials and methods. Time series study from 2004-2013, based on administrative records of hospital discharges for cancer in the health sector, including the private sector. Results. The utilization rate increased significantly from 290 to 360 per 100 000 inhabitants. A total of 62% of hospital discharges related to malignant tumors were concentrated in eight types of cancer. Leukemia, breast and colorectal cancers almost doubled in the period. While lung cancer showed a decline among men, it increased among women. A total of 63.1% of cancer patients were women, and 81% of cases occurred in the public sector. From 2011, the Ministry of Health was the main provider of hospital services for cancer care. Conclusions. Increases in utilization were mainly found in the Ministry of Health, quite possibly as a result of the implementation of universal insurance.

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