title: Design of the 2009 evaluation of the Medical Insurance for a New Generation program.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the mixed-method approach to evaluate the Medical Insurance for a New Generation (Seguro Médico para una Nueva Generación, SMNG).
  
  
  METHODS
  The program has been comprehensively evaluated. It has four key domains: 1) SMNG design; 2) children's health status and socio-demographic characteristics; 3) performance by measuring coverage, efficiency and productivity; 4) family health expenditure. Quantitative and qualitative research approaches have been used. This included reviews of existing databases and clinical charts, collection of empirical data through in-depth interviews with healthcare providers, and a nation-wide household survey.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results should serve as baseline data of the health status of SMNG children and the current staus of the program.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Estudios Económicos y Sociales en Salud, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, México. ricardo_perezcuevas@prodigy.net.mx
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pérez-Cuevas
authors.forename: Onofre
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Muñoz-Hernández
authors.forename: Evelyne
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Ortega
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jasso-Gutiérrez
authors.forename: Samuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Flores-Huerta
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Durán-Arenas
authors.forename: Mireya
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pasillas-Torres
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Garduño-Espinosa
authors.forename: Gabriel
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cortés-Gallo
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007348:Insurance, Health; D008800:Mexico; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000379:methods*; D019472:Universal Health Insurance