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The National System of Health Quality Indicators (IndicasII) reported that only 69.8 percent of the prescriptions issued they were supplied -nearly seven out of 10– in the more than 11 thousand 598 units evaluated and that provide medical care at the first level of care during 2024.
In 2023, the number of prescriptions filled was 74 percent in a total of 11,819 units who reported their quality levels to IndicasII.
This is a percentage of prescriptions filled during 2023 and 2024 that They turned out to be lower compared to what was reported in 2019 and 2020, which ranged from 78 and 77.2 percent, respectively, of prescriptions with filled medications.
In this IndicasII measurement, prepared by the federal government, It is also established that 52 million 363 Mexicans are affiliated to the IMSS, ISSSTE, Pemex, Sedena, Semar and state health services.
But There are 54 million 80 Mexicans who lack social security, and who are likely to be affiliated with IMSS Bienestar, state services or highly specialized services.
This is an indicator of population without social security that also rose since in the In 2019 there were only 47 million 024 Mexicans without social security, a year later, in 2020, it rose to 48 million 369 and 2023 closed with 53 million 113 thousand people without affiliation some to any public health sector system.
He number of doctors in the public sector grew Since in 2024 a total of 276,096 were reported, of which 141,833 serve the population insured or affiliated with a public health system.
While 134,263 serve in the private sector, basically, the population without social security. All the information was also published in the Sixth Government Report of Andrés Manuel López Obrador and represents part of the x-ray of the challenges that President Claudia Sheinbaum will face.
Regarding waiting times to receive care at the first and second level of care, the evaluation indicated that they improved from 21.2 and 28.7 3 minutes in 2019. to 19 and 20.8 minutes in 2024.
These are measurements that involve 21 thousand 591 public sector units, including comprehensive, general, regional hospitals; institutes, referral hospitals, specialty hospitals, including psychiatric hospitals, health centers, clinics, mobile units and family care.
About census beds, in Mexico there was an increase going from 89,538 available in 2019 to 97,848 in 2024. This same year, according to the National System of Health Quality Indicators (IndicasII), 86,482 offices are counted.
The quality indicators of health services also refer to the satisfaction of users with their treatment in the first and second level of carethat was 99.7 and 99.4 percent, respectively.
There is a slight change regarding the satisfaction that the user expressed with the information received from their diagnosis, and it ranges from 99.6 and 97.5 percent in the first and second levels, respectively.
In both cases these are indicators similar to 2023, and almost one point above what was reported in 2019 and 2020.
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