Luis Claudio RodrÃguez Ortiz
Stamford Health | USA
Title: Analysis of out-of-pocket expenditures in Mexico: A comparison of socio-economic characteristics and geographic information among localities
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Biography: Luis Claudio RodrÃguez Ortiz
Abstract
The paper analyses the determinants of out-of-pocket health expenditures (OOPE) in Mexico. We compare socio-economic characteristics and geographic information of the locality, such as distance between households and pharmacies, using Geographical Information System (GIS) for different health services: social security, doctor’s offices adjacent to private pharmacies, Minister of Health, and private doctor’s offices. We conduct a cross-sectional analysis using two different sources, the 2012 National Survey of Mexican Household Income and Expenditures and the 2012 National Health and Nutrition Survey. OOPE for medicines, outpatient and inpatient care services, and the probability of occurrence are estimated using linear regression models where the Heckman selection procedure is used to correct for self-selection of health expenditures.