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Patient and treatment delays among Mexican women with breast cancer before and after the Seguro Popular.
- Source :
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Salud publica de Mexico [Salud Publica Mex] 2021 Dec 08; Vol. 64 (1), pp. 87-95. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Dec 08. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Objective: To assess whether the Catastrophic Health Expenditures Fund (FPGC, Spanish acronym) was associated with delays in seeking medical care and in starting treatment.<br />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.<br />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.<br />Conclusions: The FPGC initiative reduced neither the delay in seeking breast cancer medical care for breast cancer nor the treatment delay.
Details
- Language :
- Spanish; Castilian
- ISSN :
- 1606-7916
- Volume :
- 64
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Salud publica de Mexico
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 35438917
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.21149/12472