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. 2016 Jan 8;11(1):e0145177. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0145177

Table 4. Estimated number of chronic disease in insured adults (≥20 year old) and number of insured who utilized health services in the past year, by health institution.

Adults prevalence (A) % of adults who utilized consultations in the year (B) Estimated adults with chronic disease*C = (A) x (adults beneficiaries) Estimated adults who utilized medical consultationD = (C) x (B) Estimated adults who utilized laboratory and other tests**E = (D) x (% of beneficiaries who reported use of laboratory and other tests) Estimated adults who utilized drugs**F = (D) x (% of beneficiaries who reported use of drugs) Estimated adults who utilized hospitalization in the year***G = (C) x (% of beneficiaries who reported use of hospitalization) Information source for prevalence and utilization of medical consultations
Chronic disease Both health institutions Both health institutions MoH IMSS MoH IMSS MoH IMSS MoH IMSS MoH IMSS Prevalence Consultations
Arterial hypertension 32% 69% 9,288,968 7,306,804 6,409,388 5,041,695 1,666,441 1,865,427 5,896,637 4,688,776 464,448 438,408 [9] [63]
Gastritis 31% 13% 9,112,036 7,167,626 1,184,565 931,791 296,141 335,445 1,149,028 885,202 455,602 358,381 [59] [64]
Type 2 diabetes 9% 87% 2,704,122 2,127,092 2,339,065 1,839,934 1,052,579 1,011,964 2,151,940 1,692,740 162,247 148,896 [60] ENSANUT
Irritable bowel syndrome 16% 20% 4,718,206 3,711,392 943,641 742,278 386,893 141,033 887,023 705,165 141,546 185,570 [34] [64]
Depressive disorder 11% 20% 3,161,198 2,486,633 619,595 487,380 136,311 82,855 551,439 448,390 189,672 149,198 ENSANUT [65]
Chronic kidney disease**** 8% 36% 2,359,103 1,855,696 839,841 660,628 419,920 455,833 722,263 660,628 377,456 649,494 [62,67] [67]
Osteoarthritis 11% 25% 3,096,323 2,435,601 770,984 606,465 192,746 388,137 770,984 497,301 185,779 97,424 [58] [68]
Chronic ischemic heart disease 3% 40% 807,993 635,576 323,197 254,230 161,599 134,742 323,197 238,977 145,439 152,538 ENSANUT [69]
Asthma 5% 46% 1,503,928 1,183,006 687,295 540,634 213,062 362,225 632,312 448,726 135,354 94,641 [61] [66]
Total 36,751,877 28,909,427 14,117,572 11,105,036 4,525,692 4,777,661 13,084,823 10,265,903 2,257,544 2,274,550

Source: Own processing. Notes: CD = chronic disease; CKD = chronic kidney disease; ENSANUT: Mexican National Health and Nutrition Survey;

* = MoH adults population coverage = 29.4 million; IMSS population coverage = 23.1 million;

** = based on information located in Table 1;

*** = based on information located in Table 2;

**** = 3% of the adults (both health institutions) with CKD are undergoing dialysis (Secretaría de Salud de Mexico (2014) Tratamiento sustitutivo de la función renal. Diálisis y hemodiálisis en la insuficiencia renal crónica. México: SS. 59 p.) For MoH 75,963 insured are under kidney dialysis, in the case of IMSS the insured are 59,753.