The gender gap in outpatient care for non-communicable diseases in Mexico between 2006 and 2022.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Equitable health service utilization is key to health systems' optimal performance and universal health coverage. The evidence shows that men and women use health services differently. However, current analyses have failed to explore these differences in depth and investigate how such gender disparities vary by service type. This study examined the gender gap in the use of outpatient health services by Mexican adults with non-communicable diseases (NCDs) from 2006 to 2022.

Methods

A cross-sectional population-based analysis of data drawn from National Health and Nutrition Surveys of 2006, 2011-12, 2020, 2021, and 2022 was performed. Information was gathered from 300,878 Mexican adults aged 20 years and older who either had some form of public health insurance or w

SUBMITTER: Servan-Mori E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11439262 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature