title: [Persisting health and health access inequalities in Mexican indigenous population, 2006-2012].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze socioeconomic, health conditions and access to health services of Mexican indigenous population between 2006 and 2012.
  
  
  METHODS
  A comparative analysis was done between indigenous and non indigenous population, using the information from th National Health and Nutrition Survey (2006 and 2012).
  
  
  RESULTS
  60% of the indigenous population was allocated at the poorest socioeconomic level in 2012 despite the implementation of social programs. The Seguro Popular increased its coverage from 14 to 61.9% in indigenous population. The increase observed in coverage in no indigenous population was from 10 to 35.7%. Nevertheless, no increase was observed in the utilization of healthcare services between indigenous and non indigenous population. The access to hospital services for childbirth delivery increased from 63.8 to 76.4% in indigenous population. However there is an important difference with non indigenous population (93.9%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The increase in the coverage of the Seguro Popular in Mexico has had heterogeneous results in the utilization of health care services. Other social programs such a Oportunidades have not had an impact to alleviate poverty in indigenous groups.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigación en Sistemas de Salud, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México.
authors.forename: René
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Leyva-Flores
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigación en Sistemas de Salud, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México.
authors.forename: César
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Infante-Xibille
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigación en Evaluación y Encuestas, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México.
authors.forename: Juan Pablo
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Gutiérrez
authors.affiliation: Univesidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México, México.
authors.forename: Frida
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Quintino-Pérez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006303:Health Services, Indigenous / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D054625:Healthcare Disparities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D008875:Middle Aged; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D055815:Young Adult