Open AccessDystrybucja usług medycznych w Meksyku
Author(s) -
Anna Winiarczyk-Raźniak
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
prace komisji geografii przemysłu polskiego towarzystwa geograficznego
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2449-903X
pISSN - 2080-1653
DOI - 10.24917/20801653.16.24
Subject(s) - health care , medical care , construct (python library) , quality (philosophy) , medical services , index (typography) , business , medicine , medical emergency , family medicine , computer science , political science , world wide web , philosophy , epistemology , law , programming language
The fundamental purpose of healthcare industry is to effectively provide medical services that improve the quality of health in a given society. The most important issue is the issue of access to medical facilities. The paper presents the spatial distribution of medical services across Mexico. This includes access to hospitals, clinics, and analytical laboratories, as well as the number and profile of medical personnel, as measured by the number of physicians, nurses, and dentists. Available data was used to construct a comprehensive index that was used to determine whether medical care in Mexico had become more or less accessible from 1995 to 2005.