The Cervical Cancer Treatment Gap in Mexico Under <i>Seguro Popular</i>, 2006-2016.

ABSTRACT: From 2005 to 2019, the Mexican government financed cervical cancer treatment for individuals without social security insurance through Seguro Popular's Fund for Protection against Catastrophic Health Expenses. To better understand the impact of this program on access to treatment, we estimated the cervical cancer treatment gap (the proportion of patients with cervical cancer in this population who did not receive treatment). To calculate the expected number of incident cervical cancer cases we used national surveys with information on insurance affiliation and incidence estimates from the Global Burden of Disease study. We used a national claims database to determine the number of cases whose treatment was financed by Seguro Popular. From 2006 to 2016, the national cervical c

SUBMITTER: McClellan SP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11469688 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature