Social and gender determinants related to health inequities in a community in Argentina

Autor: Nievas CM; Departamento de Ciencias de la Salud. Universidad Nacional de La Rioja; La Rioja, Argentina. . marielanievas04@hotmail.com., Moyano DL; Departamento de Ciencias de La Salud, Universidad de La Matanza; Buenos Aires. Argentina.. moyanodaniela12@gmail.com., Gandini JB; Cátedra Medicina II. U. H. M. I. N° 1. Hospital Nacional de Clínicas. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba; Córdoba. Argentina.. drgandini@yahoo.com.ar.
Jazyk: Spanish; Castilian
Zdroj: Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Medicas (Cordoba, Argentina) [Rev Fac Cien Med Univ Nac Cordoba] 2021 Jun 28; Vol. 78 (2), pp. 103-109. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Jun 28.
DOI: 10.31053/1853.0605.v78.n2.29769
Abstrakt: Introduction: The study analyzes social and gender health realities regarding access to public health systems in the Argentine interior. Objective: to analyze the relationship between social determinants, gender, with inequities of access in frequent users of the public health system in a region of Argentina.
Methods: Descriptive, cross-sectional and analytical study, data collected between March and November 2018 by maximum variation sampling, with analysis of absolute, relative frequencies, standard error, confidence intervals; Multivariate logistic regression analysis with 95% CI and statistical significance of p <0.05.
Results: With an n = 345, in an adjusted model, being a woman increased the risk of having problems in accessing the health system 2.2 times more (p = 0.032). People with a primary education level or less are 2.4 times more at risk of paying values ​​equal to or greater than $ 71.4 for health care in the public health system compared to those with a higher educational level (p = 0.000). No statistically significant associations were found between urban / rural location, with the variables of inconveniences in access to health care and out-of-pocket spending.
Conclusion: Social inequities measured by level of education and gender have a negative impact on the scope of the right to universal access to health in the analyzed population. It is recommended to review state initiatives that seek to reduce health inequities from a perspective of social and gender determinants.
(Universidad Nacional de Córdoba)
Databáze: MEDLINE