Comprehensive Health Insurance and access to maternal healthcare services among Peruvian women: a cross-sectional study using the 2021 national demographic survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The government-subsidized health insurance scheme Seguro Integral de Salud ("SIS") was introduced in Peru initially to provide coverage to uninsured and poor pregnant women and children under five years old and was later extended to cover all uninsured members of the population following the Peruvian Plan Esencial de Aseguramiento Universal - "PEAS" (Essential UHC Package). Our study aimed to analyze the extent to which the introduction of SIS has increased equity in access and quality by comparing the utilization of maternal healthcare services among women with different insurance coverages.

Methods

Relying on the 2021 round of the nationally-representative survey "ENDES" (Encuesta Nacional Demográfica y de Salud Familiar), we analyzed data for 19,181 women aged

SUBMITTER: Ramos Rosas E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10647135 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature