The COVID-19 pandemic and non-COVID-19 healthcare utilization in Mexico.

Objectives: This study aimed to analyze the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on non-COVID-19 healthcare utilization in Mexico, including oral health, mental health, communicable disease visits, health checkups, chronic degenerative disease visits, postpartum care, prenatal care, and family planning visits.

Study Design: This was a retrospective ecological analysis during the COVID-19 pandemic. During the pandemic, the Mexican government recommended non-essential consultations be suspended or rescheduled to accommodate the new demand for healthcare services from COVID-19 patients.

Health outcomes and provider choice under full practice authority for certified nurse-midwives.

Full practice authority grants non-physician providers the ability to manage patient care without physician oversight or direct collaboration. In this study, we consider whether full practice authority for certified nurse-midwives (CNMs/CMs) leads to changes in health outcomes or CNM/CM use. Using U.

Marriage and divorce during a pandemic: the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on marital formation and dissolution in Mexico.

In this study, we consider the initial effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on family formation and dissolution. We use national microdata covering all marriages and divorces in Mexico, an event-study design and a difference-in-difference specification. Our findings indicate that over March through December of 2020, marriage rates declined by 54% and divorce rates by 43%.

The (temporary) Covid-19 baby bust in Mexico.

In this paper, we investigate whether fertility and newborn health changed during the Covid-19 pandemic in Mexico. We use national administrative data and an event-study design to examine the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on fertility and newborn health characteristics. Our findings suggest that Mexico's fertility declined temporarily as measured by conceptions that likely occurred during the stay-at-home order.

Non-COVID-19 deaths in times of pandemic.

Background And Objective: To investigate the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on non-COVID-19 deaths in Mexico.

Methods: This study analyzes monthly administrative data on 15 different causes of death in Mexico from 2017 to 2020. The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on non-COVID-19 deaths are conducted using a difference-in-differences methodology and an event study.