Home Health Care in Mexico: An Overview

Abstract

In Mexico, an old branch of the health care system is getting a new face. Home health care services, also known as community health nursing or public health nursing in Mexico, are emerging as a possible answer for addressing the treatment of chronic conditions such as diabetes and hypertension and for improving the management of cancer treatments. Both physicians and nurses will participate in this pilot program to take place in Mexico City. This article reviews the Mexican health care system, the current role of home health care within it, and the potential of home health care to emerge. It also illustrates the possibilities for home health care services in rural areas.

International Medical Travelers, Length of Stay, and the Continuum of Care

“…This may be 82 QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN HEALTH CARE/VOLUME 20, ISSUE 1, JANUARY-MARCH 2011 a possible driver for the large percentage of its outward medical travel to the United States, where home health care services constitute a strong and growing part of the health care system. 21 It is critical that AMCs examine the underlying factors that explain differences in LOS between the most severely ill international and domestic patients to understand whether these differences are justified from a patient care perspective. Characteristics that are unique to international patients, such as the need to undertake long-distance travel (and often air travel) shortly after surgery, patient expectations, cultural differences, and severity level upon admission, could benefit from additional examination.…”

Performance of the Mexican nursing labor market: a repeated cross-sectional study, 2005–2019

“…A relevant case is home care. Through companies that contract their services or on an individual basis, the increase of nurses caring for terminal or chronic patients in their homes has been documented [ 41 ].…”