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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Autores principales: Pavón-León, Patricia, Martínez, Armando J., Gutiérrez-Alba, Gaudencio, Armenta-Arellano, Sealtiel
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Publicado: 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.