OBJECTIVE To describe the lack of access and continuity of health care in adults.METHODS A cross-sectional population-based study was performed on a sample of 12,402 adults aged 20 to 59 years in urban areas of 100 municipalities of 23 states in the five Brazilian geopolitical regions. Barriers to the ac...
Brasil,
Continuidad de la Atención al Paciente/estadística & datos numéricos,
Estudios Transversales,
Accesibilidad a los Servicios de Salud/estadística & datos numéricos,
Necesidades y Demandas de Servicios de Salud/estadística & datos numéricos,
Disparidades en Atención de Salud/estadística & datos numéricos,
Hospitalización,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Programas Nacionales de Salud,
Factores Socioeconómicos,
Población Urbana
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To describe elements of vulnerability of victims of snakebite. METHODS This qualitative, descriptive, cross-sectional study had, as theoretical framework, the concept of vulnerability in individual, social, and programmatic dimensions. We interviewed 21 patients admitted into a hospi...
Distribución por Edad,
Bothrops,
Brasil/epidemiología,
Estudios Transversales,
Conocimientos, Actitudes y Práctica en Salud,
Accesibilidad a los Servicios de Salud,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Factores de Riesgo,
Mordeduras de Serpientes/epidemiología,
Factores Socioeconómicos,
Poblaciones Vulnerables
OBJECTIVE Identify spatial distribution patterns of the proportion of nonadherence to tuberculosis treatment and its associated factors.METHODS We conducted an ecological study based on secondary and primary data from municipalities of the metropolitan area of Buenos Aires, Argentina. An exploratory anal...
OBJECTIVE To analyze if the nutritional status of children aged less than five years is related to the biological conditions of their mothers, environmental and socioeconomic factors, and access to health services and social programs.METHODS This cross-sectional population-based study analyzed 664 mother...
Estatura,
Índice de Masa Corporal,
Peso Corporal,
Brasil/epidemiología,
Estudios Transversales,
Accesibilidad a los Servicios de Salud/estadística & datos numéricos,
Madres,
Encuestas Nutricionales,
Estado Nutricional,
Factores de Riesgo,
Factores Socioeconómicos,
Avitaminosis/epidemiología
OBJECTIVE To analyze if the distribution of specialized care services for HIV/AIDS is associated with AIDS rates. METHODS Ecological study, for which the distribution of 10 specialized care services in the Ceara state, Northeastern Brazil, was obtained, and the mean rates of the disease were estimated...
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To analyze Government strategies for reducing prices of antiretroviral medicines for HIV in Brazil. METHODS Analysis of Ministry of Health purchases of antiretroviral medicines, from 2005 to 2013. Expenditures and costs of the treatment per year were analyzed and compared to intern...
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To describe the waiting time for radiotherapy for patients with cervical cancer. METHODS This descriptive study was conducted with 342 cervical cancer cases that were referred to primary radiotherapy, in the Baixada Fluminense region, RJ, Southeastern Brazil, from October 1995 to Augus...
Hablar de justicia y equidad exige más que un análisis semántico. Se trata de problemas reales y complejos, enraizados en el seno mismo de la sociedad y donde actúan como causas y consecuencias un sinfín de situaciones que ponen a prueba las bases jurídicas, morales y humanas del mundo y del tiempo...
Objective. To assess changes in preventive screening utilization in older Mexicans, pre- and post-Seguro Popular. Materials and methods. Data from the Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS/Enasem) 2001 and 2012 were used. Logistic and ordinary least squares regression adjusted models were used to predict ...
Estudios de Seguimiento,
Reforma de la Atención de Salud,
Accesibilidad a los Servicios de Salud,
Encuestas Epidemiológicas,
Cobertura del Seguro,
Tamizaje Masivo/estadística & datos numéricos,
México,
Programas Nacionales de Salud,
Servicios Preventivos de Salud/estadística & datos numéricos,
Estudios Prospectivos,
Cobertura Universal del Seguro de Salud,
Vacunación/estadística & datos numéricos
Objective. To estimate changes in self-report and treatment of diabetes and hypertension between 2001 and 2012 among Mexican aged 50-80, assessing the contribution of education and health insurance coverage. Materials and methods. The Mexican Health and Aging Study was used to estimate associations of ed...
Antihipertensivos/uso terapéutico,
Países en Desarrollo,
Diabetes Mellitus/epidemiología,
Diabetes Mellitus/psicología,
Diabetes Mellitus/terapia,
Manejo de la Enfermedad,
Utilización de Medicamentos,
Accesibilidad a los Servicios de Salud,
Encuestas Epidemiológicas,
Hipertensión/epidemiología,
Hipoglucemiantes/uso terapéutico,
Cobertura del Seguro,
México/epidemiología,
Programas Nacionales de Salud/estadística & datos numéricos,
Prevalencia,
Autoinforme,
Determinantes Sociales de la Salud,
Factores Socioeconómicos
