Bypassing Sources of Care by Level and Coverage: Access to Essential Services in Peru and Uruguay in the Post-Pandemic Era
Provision of essential preventive services was insufficient in both countries. In Peru, bypassing could serve as a proxy measure of inequities. Reminders of preventive services could be offered to bypassers of primary care. Profound health system reforms are needed to ensure equitable access to essential services.
Authors
- Ezequiel García‐Elorrio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0422-0217)
- Laura Espinoza-Pajuelo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0543-8277)
- Hannah H. Leslie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7464-3645)
- Javier Eugenio Roberti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4285-5061)
- Agustina Mazzoni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3328-2705)
- Marina Guglielmino
- Patricia García (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3874-2256)
- Jesús Medina-Ranilla (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6527-2531)
Institutions
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (PE)
- Instituto de Efectividad Clínica y Sanitaria (AR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Archives of Medical Research
- Published
- 2024-10-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arcmed.2024.103087
- Primary Topic
- Healthcare Systems and Reforms
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Inter-American Development Bank
- Gilead Sciences
- Society of Family Planning
- National Institutes of Health
- Direktion für Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit