El estudio ensambla un sistema de información geográfica (SIG) y usa técnicas de análisis espacial para relacionar la población del censo del 2000 (la demanda) con un inventario de los establecimientos de salud (la oferta). ...

Una tasa R=1 en una pandemia significa que cada generación de propagadores es reemplazada por otra de igual tamaño. Costa Rica ya entró en un terreno preocupante, pues la tasa, al 3 de mayo, era 1,18.

This study assembles a geographic information system (GIS) to relate the 2000 census population (demand) with an inventory of health facilities (supply). It assesses the equity in access to health care by Costa Ricans and ...

The reproduction number R is a key indicator used to monitor the dynamics of Covid-19 and to assess the e ects of infection control strategies that frequently have high social and economic costs. Despite having an analog ...

It has been suggested that decreasing infant mortality is a prerequisite for decreasing birth rates and the experience in several countries shows that decreasing infant mortality rates are indeed followed by declining ...

Background: Although previous studies have indicated that performance assessments strongly predict future survival, few have evaluated the incremental value in the presence of controls for self-reported activity and mobility ...

Objective: There is a large literature linking current body mass index (BMI) to levels of cardiovascular risk biomarkers, but it is unknown whether measures of BMI earlier in the life course and maximum BMI are predictive ...

Infection within the human T linphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I), a virus associated with two diseases, adult T-cell leukemia lyriphornal and tropical spastic paraparesis/HTLV-I associated myelopathy,2 is prevalent in Panama' ...

Diabetes is a major cause of morbidity and mortality and represents a source of demands on already constrained healthcare systems in Latin America and the Caribbean. We estimate inequalities in diabetes incidence, prevalence ...

Objetivo. Valorar el impacto de la reforma del sector de la salud iniciada en Costa Rica en 1995 sobre la mortalidad de niños y adultos y la equidad en el acceso a los servicios de salud. Métodos. La reforma del sector ...