ELDERLY VULNERABLE POPULATION IN MEXICO: A MULTIVARIATE APP ROACH
Objective. To determine the contribution of socioeconomic variables, lifestyle, burden of disease and out-of-pocket expenditure on health to integrate a multivariate profile,inorder to characterize older adults attending public healt hinstitutions in Mexico, as support forpolicydesignpublic. Materia...
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| Formato: | Artículo revista |
| Lenguaje: | Español |
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Escuela de Salud Pública y Ambiente. Fac. Cs. Médicas UNC
2020
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/RSD/article/view/25242 |
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| Sumario: | Objective. To determine the contribution of socioeconomic variables, lifestyle, burden of disease and out-of-pocket expenditure on health to integrate a multivariate profile,inorder to characterize older adults attending public healt hinstitutions in Mexico, as support forpolicydesignpublic. Material and methods. An analytic cross-sectional study. Population of study, older adults who attend out-patient care in three medical facilities. Multivariatetechnique of maincomponentswasused. Results. Fourgroupsweretypified: thosewithbadlifestyles,highout-of-pocket expenses, sufferedmultipleillnesses, lowsocioeconomic status, married and / orcohabitedwithotherpeople in the home, thesegroupsweremaleheads of household and womennotheads of household .Ontheotherhand, thosewhopresentedbetterlifestyles, lowerout-of-pocket expenses, regular socioeconomic status and livealone, weregroups of menwhowerenotheads of household and womenheads of households. |
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