title: Utilization of healthcare services among children members of Medical Insurance for a New Generation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the utilization and associated factors for preventive and curative care utilization among children affiliated to the Medical Insurance for a New Generation (SMNG).
  
  
  METHODS
  Data from the 2009 National Survey of SMNG was analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The analysis represented 1,316,867 children; 25% of urban and 37.5% of rural mothers that took their children to well-child visits. Covariates associated with preventive care utilization were children <12 months, low-birth weight, history of infectious or other diseases, mother >35 years, mother's literacy level of bachelor degree, housewife, attendance at >7 antenatal care visits, and living in a rural area. Curative care: 12% attended emergency room services, 5.4% were hospitalized and 66% received ambulatory care. Covariates associated with curative care utilization: child history of frequent diseases, mother living with husband/partner, mother's literacy level of bachelor degree, attendance >7 antenatal care visits and having paid work.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is needed to reinforce the programs encouraging mothers to seek preventive care regularly.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Estudios Económicos y Sociales en Salud, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, México.
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pérez-Cuevas
authors.forename: Svetlana V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Doubova
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Flores-Hernández
authors.forename: Onofre
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Muñoz-Hernández
mesh_terms: D002662:Child Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D011314:Preventive Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012423:Rural Health; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D019472:Universal Health Insurance / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014504:Urban Health