A Performance Analysis of Public Expenditure on Maternal Health in Mexico.

ABSTRACT: We explore the relationship between public expenditure, coverage of adequate ANC (including timing, frequent and content), and the maternal mortality ratio--adjusted by coverage of adequate ANC--observed in Mexico in 2012 at the State level. Additionally, we examine the inequalities and concentration of public expenditure between populations with and without Social Security. Results suggest that in the 2003-2011 period, the public expenditure gap between women with and without Social Security decreased 74%, however, the distribution is less equitable among women without Social Security, across the States. Despite high levels of coverage on each dimension of ANC explored, coverage of adequate ANC was lower among Social Security than non-Social Security women. This variability results in dif

SUBMITTER: Servan-Mori E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4820121 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature