Patient and treatment delays among Mexican women with breast cancer before and after the Seguro Popular

• Main Authors: Rodrigo Huerta-Gutierrez (Author), Efrén Murillo-Zamora (Author), Angélica Ángeles-Llerenas (Author), Carolina Ortega-Olvera (Author), Gabriela Torres-Mejía (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective. To assess whether the Catastrophic Health Expenditures Fund (FPGC, Spanish acronym) was associated with delays in seeking medical care and in starting treatment. Materials and methods. We conducted a before and after cross-sectional study. We included 266 women with breast cancer (BC) dia...