abstract: 'Objective. Determine the effect of Seguro Popular (SP) on preventive

  care utilization among low-income SP beneficiaries and uninsured elders

  in Mexico. Materials and methods. Fixed-effects instrumental-variable

  (FE-IV) pseudo-panel estimation from three rounds of the Mexican

  National Health and Nutrition Survey (2000, 2006 and 2012). Results. Our

  findings suggest that SP has no significant effect on the use of

  preventive services, including screening for diabetes, hypertension,

  breast cancer and cervical cancer, by adults aged 50 to 75 years.

  Conclusions. Despite the evidence that suggests that SP has increased

  access to health insurance for the poor, inequalities in healthcare

  access and utilization still exist in Mexico.The Mexican government must

  keep working on extending health insurance coverage to vulnerable

  adults. Additional efforts to increase health care coverage and to

  support preventive care are needed to reduce persistent disparities in

  healthcare utilization.'
affiliation: 'Rivera-Hernandez, M (Corresponding Author), Brown Univ, Dept Hlth Serv
  Policy \& Practice, Box G-S121-6 121 5 Main St,6th Floor, Providence, RI 02912 USA.

  Rivera-Hernandez, Maricruz; Rahman, Momotazur; Galarraga, Omar, Brown Univ, Dept
  Hlth Serv Policy \& Practice, Box G-S121-6 121 5 Main St,6th Floor, Providence,
  RI 02912 USA.'
author: Rivera-Hernandez, Maricruz and Rahman, Momotazur and Galarraga, Omar
author-email: maricruz\_rivera-hernandez@brown.edu
author_list:
- family: Rivera-Hernandez
  given: Maricruz
- family: Rahman
  given: Momotazur
- family: Galarraga
  given: Omar
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.21149/9185
eissn: 1606-7916
files: []
issn: 0036-3634
journal: SALUD PUBLICA DE MEXICO
keywords: 'Public health policy; health equity; healthcare disparities; health care

  quality, access, and evaluation; health-care reform'
keywords-plus: TIME-SERIES; INSURANCE; HYPERTENSION; SERVICES
language: English
month: JAN-FEB
number: '1'
number-of-cited-references: '33'
orcid-numbers: 'Rahman, Momotazur/0000-0002-8592-3511

  Galarraga, Omar/0000-0002-9985-9266'
pages: 46-53
papis_id: 0d6e7db3252ebf3ea0ac6cdc68ee5a29
ref: Riverahernandez2019preventivehealthcare
researcherid-numbers: 'Rahman, Momotazur/G-9466-2019

  '
times-cited: '8'
title: 'Preventive healthcare-seeking behavior among poor older adults in Mexico:
  the impact of Seguro Popular, 2000-2012'
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000472176700010
usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
usage-count-since-2013: '6'
volume: '61'
web-of-science-categories: Public, Environmental \& Occupational Health
year: '2019'