Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To report the design, methodology and initial results of the National Socioeconomic Survey of Access to Health of the EsSalud Insured. RESULTS: There were interviews in 25,000 homes, surveying 79,874 people, of which 62,659 were affiliated to EsSalud. The insured people are mainly males (50.6%) with a higher technical education level (39.7%). The insured population has mostly independent (95.0%) and own (68.1%) home. Only 34.5% of the insured practice some sport or physical exercise; 14.0% of the population suffers from a chronic disease; 3.5% have diabetes; and 7.1%, arterial hypertension. In the last three months, 35.4% of the members needed medical attention; of these, only 73.1% received health care and the remaining 10.9% were treated in pharmacies or non-formal health care services. RESULTS: The 25,000 homes were interviewed, surveying 79,874 people, of which 62,659 were affiliated to EsSalud. The insured people are mainly males (50.6%) with a higher technical education level (39.7%). The insured population has mostly independent (95.0%) and own (68.1%) home. Only 34.5% of the insured practice some sport or physical exercise; 14.0% of the population suffers from a chronic disease; 3.5% have diabetes; and 7.1%, arterial hypertension. In the last three months, 35.4% of the members needed medical attention; of these, only 73.1% received health care and the remaining 10.9% were treated in pharmacies or non-formal health care services. CONCLUSIONS: This survey is the first performed in the population of EsSalud affiliates, applied at the national level, and has socio-economic and demographic data of the insured, their distribution, risk factors of health, prevalence of health problems and the degree of access to health services.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 33 |
Journal | Revista de Saude Publica |
Volume | 53 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2019 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The execution of the ENSSA survey was financed by the Social Health Insurance, EsSalud. The publication of this article was financed by Instituto de Evaluación de Tecnologías en Salud e Investigación (IETSI), EsSalud. Lima-Perú.
Funding Information:
Funding: The execution of the ENSSA survey was financed by the Social Health Insurance, EsSalud. The publication of this article was financed by Instituto de Evaluación de Tecnologías en Salud e Investigación (IETSI), EsSalud. Lima-Perú.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Rev Saude Publica.
Keywords
- Health surveys
- Health systems
- Methods
- Methods
- Sampling studies
- Socioeconomic survey