[Accessibility of health services for users].
OBJECTIVE
To measure the accessibility to health services and determine a model to explain this accessibility.


METHODS
All states of the Mexican Republic were included. The measurement of accessibility considers the availability of resources and the perception of barriers. Place of residence, education, participation in the work forces and household conditions were included in the model.


RESULTS
The average of availability resources was 64.59% sd 15.68 (range 42 to 100) and the average corresponding to perception of barriers, 87.61% SD 4.04 (range 79.23 to 95.65). Accessibility was 71.50% SD 10.74 (range 56 to 96). The states with highest accessibility were the Federal District and Baja California Sur and the lowest, Chiapas and Oaxaca. The model included education and labor participation (R2 = 0.67, p < 0.05).


CONCLUSIONS
Accessibility was determined by socioeconomic factors.
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Programa de Maestría en Economía de la Salud, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública Fundación Mexicana para la Salud, México, D.F. Cuemavaca, Morelos. angelicasousa@usa.net
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D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008800:Mexico