title: [Impact of health transition on services demand].
abstract: Health transition is a process that determines the way a population dies and gets sick, there are several processes that contribute to the change in the health profile of a population that might be analyzed. The demographic transition, reflected in population aging and change of population structure; risk transition, which explains differential exposures to risk factors; technologic transition, as a major contributor to change in health and the epidemiologic transition that explains how the social, economic and demographic determinants impact the epidemiologic profile of a society. An analysis of the current health profile in Mexico is shown and its consequences on the health system and the need for change is discussed.
authors: Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), México, D.F. kuripablo@yahoo.com
authors: Pablo Antonio
authors: PA
authors: Kuri-Morales
mesh_terms: D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D019456:Health Transition; D006801:Humans; D008800:Mexico