[Analysis of needs and use of mental healthcare services in Colombia]
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Diana C Zamora-Rondón1, Daniel Suárez-Acevedo2, Oscar Bernal-Acevedo3
1DZ: MD. M. Sc. Salud Pública. Universidad de los Andes. Bogotá, Colombia. dc.zamora35@uniandes.edu.co.
Objective:
To analyze the relationship between the need for health services and the use of mental health services in Colombia.
Methods:
The prevalence of mental disorders, as determined by the National Mental Health Survey (ENSM-2015), was compared to the registry of patients treated for the diagnosis of mental and behavioral disorders in the Information System (SISPRO-2013), which contains the individual health service delivery records (RIPS) of all persons who used the services of the health system in one year.
Results:
The prevalence of mental disorders estimated according to ENSM for the Colombian population older than seven years was 4.02%, while the prevalence of health care obtained from SISPRO was 1.56%. This means that the percentage of the population that is not receiving care from the health system is 61.1%. Of 1 695 726 people with mental disorders, only 38.9% received mental health care.
Conclusion:
Most people with mental disorders in Colombia do not receive mental health care from the healthcare system.
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