Title
Government expenditure on maternal health and family planning services for adolescents in Mexico, 2003–2015
Date Issued
01 May 2020
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Avila-Burgos L.
Montañez-Hernández J.C.
Cahuana-Hurtado L.
Villalobos A.
Hernández-Peña P.
Heredia-Pi I.
Publisher(s)
MDPI AG
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to assess whether government policies to expand the coverage of maternal health and family planning (MHFP) services were benefiting the adolescents in need. To this end, we estimated government MHFP expenditure for 10- to 19-year-old adolescents without social security (SS) coverage between 2003 and 2015. We evaluated its evolution and distribution nationally and sub-nationally by level of marginalization, as well as its relationship with demand indicators. Using Jointpoint regressions, we estimated the average annual percent change (AAPC) nationally and among states. Expenditure for adolescents without SS coverage registered 15% for AAPC for the period 2003–2011 and was stable for the remaining years, with 88% of spending allocated to maternal health. Growth in MHFP expenditure reduced the ratio of spending by 13% among groups of states with greater/lesser marginalization; nonetheless, the poorest states continued to show the lowest levels of expenditure. Although adolescents without SS coverage benefited from greater MHFP expenditure as a consequence of health policies directed at achieving universal health coverage, gaps persisted in its distribution among states, since those with similar demand indicators exhibited different levels of expenditure. Further actions are required to improve resource allocation to disadvantaged states and to reinforce the use of FP services by adolescents.
Volume
17
Issue
9
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Salud pública, Salud ambiental
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85084276251
PubMed ID
Source
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
ISSN of the container
16617827
Sponsor(s)
Funding: This work was supported by the CONACYT Sectoral Fund for Research in Health and Social Security in Mexico (Grant No. 261230, year 2015). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
Sources of information:
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