2024-01-03 15:00:46
According to the OECD health outlook report (with data updated to 2022), around 3 out of every 10 Mexicans are outside the right to medical services. It should also be noted that 57 percent of the population considers that their locality has adequate availability of quality medical care, which translates into a health coverage baja.
After the pandemic caused by COVID-19, one of the social rights What has been diminished the most is access to health. Institutional transformations and a modest budget have hindered progress in health coverage in Mexico.
72 percent of Mexicans have basic health coverage
From the data extracted from this report, what is key is that 72 percent of the population has basic health coverage. This is the lowest level among the 38 countries of the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development).
In Mexico, access to medical services is low, even compared to smaller Latin American economies such as Chile and Costa Rica, which have 77% and 86% of their populations, respectively, with health coverage.
Another indicator that can be extracted from this report is the coverage of private health in Mexico. Only 11 percent of the population has additional health insurance. Of this percentage, it can be highlighted that almost all of the people who have medical insurance of this type are workers, retirees or insured with public health coverage and they control their policies in order to optimize times or receive care in other units.
The greatest expenditure is made on medications and therapeutic devices
Furthermore, it should be noted that, in Mexico, almost half of the expenditure (specifically, 47%) of the total health expenditure falls on families, due to the periodic outlays they make on consultations, dentistry, medications or hospitalization. The remaining percentage comes from the public resources.
Typically, 61 percent of total health expenses are spent on medications and therapeutic devices. 16% of expenses go to outpatient servicesanother 14% to hospitalization services, 6% to dental services and the remaining 3 percent to other prevention and long-term care services.
Although it is true that coverage has not become universal and public spending on health has remained moderate, some indicators have exceeded the OECD average. One of them is the one made up of the health risks. Drug and alcohol consumption also decreased. But, despite these advances, in Mexico there are still high levels of mortality from preventable or treatable diseases, mainly obesity and diabetes.
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