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Objective: To assess whether the Catastrophic Health Expenditures Fund (FPGC, Spanish acronym) was associated with delays in seeking medical care and in starting treatment., Materials and Methods: We conducted a before and after cross-sectional study. We included 266 women with breast cancer (BC) diagnosis treated during the last three years before the hospitals received the FPGC and 309 wo-men treated in the following three years after the fund was received by the accredited hospitals., Results: After adjusting for potential confounders, we found no association between the FPGC and delay in seeking medical care or between the FPGC and the treatment delay., Conclusions: The FPGC initiative reduced neither the delay in seeking breast cancer medical care for breast cancer nor the treatment delay.

Objective: To estimate levels of early childhood develop-ment (ECD) and associated factors in Mexican population aged 19-59 months., Materials and Methods: The Ensanut 2018-19 evaluated ECD using the Early Childhood Development Index (ECDI) and level of language develop-ment. We used multivariate models, with logistic or linear regression, depending on the outcome variable., Results: Children of wealthier households and with children's books at home are more likely of having an adequate ECDI; in contrast, children who experienced violent discipline methods are less likely. Children living in rural areas, with more highly educated mothers, who were not undernourished, and with support for learning have higher language scores., Conclusions: Public policies aimed to enhance early childhood development should take into account the associated modifiable factors., Competing Interests: Declaration of conflict of interests. The authors declare that they have no conflict of interests.

Objective: To estimate the utilization patterns of cancer prevention programs in women during the period 2000-2012 in Mexican women who participated in three national surveys., Materials and Methods: We analyzed data from the ENSA 2000, ENSANUT 2006 and ENSANUT 2012 that are representative of the Mexican population. Prevalences were obtained, trend tests and Poisson regression were used to determine the possibility of having more coverage., Results: The coverage of Papanicolaou use in the last 12 months in 2012 was 45.5%, HPV testing in the last four years was 11.9% and mammography use in the past two years was 29.4% and 17.2% in women aged 50-69 years and 40-49 years, respectively., Conclusions: Although there was an increase in the coverage of screening programs, there should be a boost in the service quality and universal coverage.