2023-08-17 01:01:10
According to the most recent Coneval report, clinics attached to pharmacies serve one in four patients in the country.
Among the characteristics of this type of business are affordable prices, proximity and immediate attention.
While its main disadvantages are the employment contracts and the salaries offered to doctors.
We are all going to require medical attention at some point. The options are quite extensive although the pharmacies offices They have become the most requested by patients in Mexico. But while at the beginning its main attraction was the cheap prices, now everything is different.
Preferences of Mexican patients
In this regard, the National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development Policy (Coneval) presented the results of its study Poverty Measurement 2022. Within the document there are several aspects but one of the most important is related to the spaces that offer more medical consultations.
In this case, during 2022, 49 million 299 thousand 119 people who requested health services were counted. In first place, due to the volume of care, are private clinics and hospitals. Although what is striking is that immediately after the pharmacy offices.
This morning the president commented that the results of the increase in people without health coverage @coneval it was because the question was wrongly asked.
As they then explain the increase in private care, which costs patients.
From 37.8% to 60.8%… pic.twitter.com/rOBI01kZUQ— Dr Francisco Moreno Sánchez (@DrPacoMoreno1) August 11, 2023
According to the statistics offered 12 million 593 thousand 646 consultations throughout the past year. The figure is more than two million higher than that registered in 2020 and is the same trend that has been identified in recent years.
Pharmacy offices are becoming more and more popular
Based on what was announced by Coneval, this modality is in charge of attend 25.5 percent of all medical consultations in the country. In this way, it is obtained that one in four patients used the low-cost spaces found in the country.
One of the main public health nuisances is all the time spent in the waiting room to access the doctor’s office. In some cases it is necessary to go from the first hours of the day to set asider an appointment and that is something that bothers patients. In this case, they have taken advantage of the deficiencies of the IMSS and ISSSTE.
At the same time, pharmacy offices are characterized by their economic services. The consultations usually have an average price of 70 pesos, so they are more accessible than other types of private care.
In addition, this type of modality has expanded throughout the country until reaching practically all the colonies. This implies that there is at least one per colony and sometimes even more. With this in mind, if a person requires medical attention, he usually has a low-cost option closer to her home than any public health center.
On the other hand, while patients prefer this alternative, opinion within the medical community is divided. For some doctors, all the franchises that offer this type of service have devalued the work of health professionals.
While another recurring complaint is about working conditions. In most cases, doctors do not receive benefits or bonuses, in addition salaries are too low And they’re not worth all the years of professional training.
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