Las lesiones intencionales como causa de demanda de atención en los servicios de urgencia hospitalaria de la ciudad de México
Year: 2002
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Introduction: oduction: Mexico City enters this century as one of the most populated cities in the world, where difficulties in living together multiply and become deeper, and living conditions have greatly deteriorated. Also, poverty has become more severe and this creates an environment where different expressions of violence propagate. From the health perspective, the topic of violence as a public health problem is relatively recent and has led some international organizations to call attention to the social and economic cost and to the overload which injuries caused by violence are producing in the already saturated health systems. Objective: To identify the causes for the demand of attention at the emergency health care of public hospitals in Mexico City due to intentional injuries produced by different types of violent acts. Methods: A cross-sectional design was used, where the observational and analytical units were those individuals who due to intentional injuries demanded medical care at the hospital emergency services located in different areas of Mexico City...
Institution: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública
Language: Spanish
Subfield: Emergency Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2992308993