title: [IMSS in numbers. Evaluation of the performance of health institutions in Mexico, 2004].
abstract: The evaluation of health institutions performance in Mexico during 2004 was done using 29 indicators that describe intra-hospital mortality rates, productivity of health services, availability of health resources, quality of care, security, investment and costs of health care and the satisfaction level by users of health services. This exercise describes the efficiency and organization of health services provided by the different health institutions and allows comparing and balancing the performance of each institution. Results indicate the differences in availability of resources, inequity in the financing health care services, and inefficiency in the use of resources but also describe the level of efficacy of certain institutions and the satisfaction level that different users have of health services. The evaluation of the performance of the entire health institutions should provide the means to improve all the process of health care and to increase the quality of care in all health institutions in the country.
authors.affiliation: Dirección de Prestaciones Médicas, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, México.
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006296:Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008800:Mexico; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*