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A predictive model for the utilization of curative ambulatory health services in Mexico
Atanacio Valencia-Mendoza1, Stefano M Bertozzi
1Centro de Investigación en Evaluación y Encuestas, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, México. avalencia@correo.insp.mx
Objectives:
To estimate the degree to which individual and household variables jointly predict utilization of curative ambulatory services in Mexico for four types of health providers.
Material And Methods:
Patient choice of provider (self-care, Ministry of Health, social security, or private provider) when they become ill is modeled using a nested multinomial logit model that uses household and individual variables as predictors. The data are from the Mexican National Health Survey conducted in 2000.
Results:
Being a social security beneficiary is one of the most important predictors of utilization. A strong positive relationship between socio-economic status (SES) and demand for services was also found, with the strongest relationship being for private providers, followed by social security. Utilization of Ministry of Health (MoH) services was negatively associated with household SES.
Conclusions:
Expansion of health insurance coverage should significantly reduce health inequalities due to reduced care-seeking by non-beneficiaries.
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