Salud pública de México
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Salud pública de México · May 1997
Comparative Study[Scales for evaluation of mortality of patients with trauma and adult respiratory distress syndrome].
To compare different scores and scales used to evaluate mortality in patients with trauma and adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). ⋯ Adult patients with trauma who develop ARDS showed high probability of death if additional clinical data of shock and consolidation in three or four quadrants of thorax X-rays are present, among other factors.
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Salud pública de México · Mar 1997
[The federal health expenditure on the uninsured population: Mexico 1980-1995].
In the last fifteen years Mexico suffered several economic crisis which have negatively affected public expenditure in social welfare and, as a consequence, public expenditure in health. This paper discusses the relationship between the adjustment policies adopted to confront these crisis and public expenditure in health care for the non-insured population, as well as the regional distribution of this expenditure. ⋯ The main conclusion of this paper is that, between 1980 and 1995, the public expenditure gaps that have existed for a long time in Mexico among regions remained unchanged. These gaps basically affect the southern states of the country, are not related to health needs, and may deepen in view of the new relative cuts in public expenditure in social welfare announced by the new administration.