[Health inequalities: metropolitan region and southeast and west metropolitan health services].
Based on an inquiry that yielded national socioeconomic information, health inequalities among different quintiles of per capita income were explored in southeast and west health services of the metropolitan region. Inequalities were assessed establishing the type of health plan (state or private), occurrence of disease, access to medical attention and medications and use of health services. Fifty-eight percent of individuals living in the southeast health service and 74% of those living in the west health service had state funded health plans. This proportion was higher among subjects with lower earnings. One third of the population studied had a disease in the last three months. Ninety percent of these had medical attention. Most subjects that did not receive professional care, medicated them and felt that they did not require it. Subjects with lower earnings had greater difficulties to obtain medical attention or medications. Primary care comprises 62% of health actions and state funded sector is used by 88% of subjects of subjects of the first quintile of per capita income.
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Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago.
Pragana
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D002677:Chile; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D006296:Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
Desigualdades en salud: región metropolitana y servicios de salud metropolitanos sur-oriente y occidente.