title: [The impact of subsidized healthcare insurance on access to cervical cytology in Medellin, Colombia].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Assessing the impact of subsidized healthcare insurance on access to cervical cytology in Medellin, Colombia.
  
  
  METHODS
  Propensity score matching (PSM) was used with 2008 Life Quality Survey in Colombia figures to obtain a control group comparable to a treatment group. This involved using stratification estimates, the k-nearest-neighbor algorithm and kernel density for calculating impact size
  
  
  RESULTS
  Access to cytology for 19 to 49 year-old women having subsidized healthcare insurance were 2.2 % to 2.9 % lower compared to women who did not have any healthcare insurance. Estimates were not statistically significant for women over 50 years-old.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Women lacking healthcare insurance having increased access to cytology could be explained by charities or social programs aiding the population lacking healthcare insurance.
authors: Departamento de Economía, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia, scatehortua@economicas.udea.edu.co.
authors: Sara C
authors: SC
authors: Atehortúa
authors: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública de México (INSP), Cuernavaca, México, lpalacio@insp.mx.
authors: Lina S
authors: LS
authors: Palacio-Mejía
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003105:Colombia; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005380:Financing, Government / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009111:Local Government; D008875:Middle Aged; D065006:Papanicolaou Test / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D057216:Propensity Score; D014504:Urban Health; D014626:Vaginal Smears / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*