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Variabilidad geográfica en la detección temprana del cáncer cervicouterino entre servicios integrados de atención en Costa Rica, 2004-2005
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Llanos, Amada Aparicio Salas, Melvin Morera |
| Copyright Year | 2007 |
| Abstract | Objetivo: Realizar un analisis comparativo de los resultados de la deteccion temprana del cancer cervicouterino, mediante la identificacion de patrones geograficos en los tres servicios integrados del sistema publico de salud costarricense. Material y metodos: Se realizo un analisis de variabilidad para el periodo 2004-2005 del porcentaje de cobertura de Papanicolaou ajustada por edad, utilizando como indicadores la razon de variacion, RV p95-5, el coeficiente de variacion, CVp95-5, y el grafico de puntos. En la representacion geografica se uso el indice de cobertura estandarizada, que compara la cobertura de cada area de salud con el promedio nacional, utilizando el mapa de Costa Rica para representar los tres servicios integrados de salud. Resultados: El area de salud ubicada en el percentil 95 registro una cobertura 2,3 veces mayor que la ubicada en el percentil 5. Entre servicios integrados, se observo moderada variabilidad en los servicios 1 y 2, CV igual 19 por ciento y 21 por ciento respectivamente, y baja en el servicio 3, CV igual 12.9 por ciento. Se determino un patron geografico de baja cobertura de Papanicolaou en las areas de salud de la zona costera del caribe, frontera norte con Nicaragua y centro del pais, las cuales estan ubicadas en los servicios integrados y 3. Conclusiones: Las estrategias actuales de cobertura de la toma del Papanicolaou no parecen estar enfocadas a priorizar las areas de salud mas pobres y con mayores tasas de mortalidad evitable por esta patologia, ya que estas son una de las principales caracteristicas de las zonas identificadas como de baja cobertura respecto al nivel nacional. Objective: To carry out a comparative analysis of the early screening results of cervico-uterine cancer, by means of the identification of geographic patterns in the three comprehensive health services of the Costa Rican Social Security system. Materials and methods: A variability analysisfor carried out for the period 2004-2005 for the ageadjustedpercent coverage by Pap smear using asindicators the variation ratio (RV p95-5), the coefficient of variation (CV p95-5) and a dot graphic. For thegeographic representation, was used an adjusted index which compares the coverage in each health area withthe national average, using the map of Costa Rica to represent the three integrated health services. Results: The health area located in the 95th. percentile showed coverage that was 2.3 times greater than that located in the 5th. percentile. Among integratedservices, a moderate degree of variability in services 1 and 2 (CV= 19% and 21%, respectively) and alow degree of variability in service 3 (CV=12.9%) were observed. A geographic pattern of low Pap smearcoverage was seen in the health areas of the Caribbean coastal area, the northern border with Nicaragua aswell as the middle part of the country, both of which are located in integrated health services 1 and 3. Conclusions: The present coverage strategiesfor taking a Pap smear appear not to emphasize the priorization of the poorest health areas which also havethe greatest preventable mortality due to cervicouterine cancer since we observed that this was one of the maincharacteristics of the areas identified as having low national coverage. |
| Starting Page | 54 |
| Ending Page | 61 |
| Page Count | 8 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Volume Number | 16 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.scielo.sa.cr/pdf/rcsp/v16n30/3523.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |