Differences on Primary Care Labor Perceptions in Medical Students from 11 Latin American Countries.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The shortage in Latin-American Primary Care (PC) workforce may be due to negative perceptions about it. These perceptions might be probably influenced by particular features of health systems and academic environments, thus varying between countries.

Methods

Observational, analytic and cross-sectional multicountry study that evaluated 9,561 first and fifth-year medical students from 63 medical schools of 11 Latin American countries through a survey. Perceptions on PC work was evaluated through a previously validated scale. Tertiles of the scores were created in order to compare the different countries. Crude and adjusted prevalence ratios were calculated using simple and multiple Poisson regression with robust variance.

Results

Approximately 53% of subjects

SUBMITTER: Pereyra-Elias R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4945076 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature