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      Equidad en el Acceso a Servicios de Salud en Antioquia, Colombia Translated title: Equity in access to health-services in Antioquia, Colombia

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          Objetivo Analizar la equidad en el acceso a servicios de salud en Antioquia así como sus principales determinantes. Metodología para el análisis descriptivo se discriminan variables de acceso a servicios de salud por nivel socioeconómico y tipo de afiliación. Para identificar los determinantes del acceso a servicio de salud se construye un modelo Logit cuyas variables explicativas son el estatus socioeconómico, edad, educación, género, ubicación urbano/rural, estado de salud autorreportado y tipo de afiliación a la seguridad social. Resultados Ante la necesidad de buscar atención no se observan diferencias entre afiliados al régimen contributivo y subsidiado, pero sí entre éstos y los no afiliados. Las barreras financieras se constituyen en el principal obstáculo para no acceder a servicios de salud para los afiliados al régimen subsidiado y los no afiliados. Se evidencian inequidades entre afiliados y no afiliados, en tanto los del régimen contributivo tienen mayores facilidades para continuar con la atención. Existe un sesgo positivo en el acceso a servicios de salud preventivos que favorece los de mejor situación económica. Conclusiones La educación, edad y tipo de afiliación a la seguridad social son los principales factores que inciden sobre el acceso a servicios curativos y preventivos. El género, estado de salud autorreportado y ubicación geográfica son factores adicionales para explicar el acceso a servicios preventivos, pero que no inciden en el acceso a servicios curativos.

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          Objective Analysing equity in access to health care in Antioquia, Colombia. Methods Poorer and richer groups' access to health-care was evaluated, as was that of people with insurance and those without it. A Logit model was estimated for analysing the main determinants of access to curative and preventative health-care services; explanatory variables were socioeconomic status, education level, self-reported health status, age, gender, urban/rural location and social security affiliation. Results There was no difference in health-care service access amongst people affiliated to contribution-based and subsidised regimes. However, financial constraints represented important obstacles for subsidised regime members and those having no affiliation. Contribution-based regime members had greater resources for continuing to receive attention. There was positive bias in using preventative services thereby favouring people having higher socioeconomic status. Conclusions Educational level, age and being affiliated to social security were the main factors explaining health-care service access. Gender, self-reported health status and geographical location were additional factors explaining preventative health-service access.

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            The concepts and principles of equity and health.

            In 1984, the 32 member states of the World Health Organization European Region took a remarkable step forward in agreeing unanimously on 38 targets for a common health policy for the Region. Not only was equity the subject of the first of these targets, but it was also seen as a fundamental theme running right through the policy as a whole. However, equity can mean different things to different people. This article looks at the concepts and principles of equity as understood in the context of the World Health Organization's Health for All policy. After considering the possible causes of the differences in health observed in populations--some of them inevitable and some unnecessary and unfair--the author discusses equity in relation to health care, concentrating on issues of access to care, utilization, and quality. Lastly, seven principles for action are outlined, stemming from these concepts, to be borne in mind when designing or implementing policies, so that greater equity in health and health care can be promoted.
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                Revista de Salud Pública
                Rev. salud pública
                Instituto de Salud Publica, Facultad de Medicina - Universidad Nacional de Colombia (Bogotá, DF, Colombia )
                0124-0064
                March 2007
                : 9
                : 1
                : 26-38
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                [01] orgnameUniversidad de Antioquia orgdiv1Facultad de Ciencias Económicas orgdiv2Centro de Investigaciones Económicas Colombia
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                S0124-00642007000100004 S0124-0064(07)00900104
                4768b1fc-281a-4903-bb17-0dbdcb01f053

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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                Acceso y evaluación de servicios de salud,equidad en salud,equidad en el acceso,accesibilidad a servicios de salud,Health care quality,access,evaluation,health-care access,equity in health,equitable access

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