[Economic cost of pregnancy care attributable to the failure of Mexico's teenage pregnancy prevention policy].

The objective was to estimate the direct medical cost of pregnancy care attributable to the failure of Mexico's teenage pregnancy prevention policy. From the provider's perspective, this economic study estimated the mean cost of prenatal care, childbirth, puerperium, abortion and complications. To quantify the costs attributable to policy failure, three scenarios were constructed: (a) total number of pregnancies; (b) number of pregnancies above the target; (c) number of unwanted pregnancies.

[Satisfaction and perceived quality of people insured by the Social Health Protection in Mexico. Methodological foundations].

Objective:: To describe the conceptual framework and methods for implementation and analysis of the satisfaction survey of the Mexican System for Social Protection in Health.

Materials And Methods:: We analyze the methodological elements of the 2013, 2014 and 2015 surveys, including the instrument, sampling method and study design, conceptual framework, and characteristics and indicators of the analysis.

Results:: The survey captures information on perceived quality and satisfaction.

[Retrospective analysis of Mexican National Addictions Survey, 2008. Bias identification and correction].

Objective: To determine the presence of bias on the estimation of the consumption sometime in life of alcohol, tobacco or illegal drugs and inhalable substances, and to propose a correction for this in the case it is present.

Materials And Methods: Mexican National Addictions Surveys (NAS) 2002, 2008, and 2011 were analyzed to compare population estimations of consumption sometime in life of tobacco, alcohol or illegal drugs and inhalable substances. A couple of alternative approaches for bias correction were developed.