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Variability in case fatality rate risk due to Covid-19 according to health services provider in Mexico City hospitals.

Objective: To describe differences in Case Fatality Rate (CFR) for Covid-19 among healthcare subsystems in Mexico City between March and December 2020.

Materials And Methods: This is a retrospective secondary data analysis from the National Epidemiological Surveillance System data of Covid-19 cases. Information about health provider institutions was retrieved from the Catalogue of Health Establishments (CLUES).

[Opportunity cost approximation of underage caregivers in Mexico].

Objective: To calculate the cost assumed by society for having underaged individuals who do not study and provide care to dependent older adults.

Materials And Methods: The Mexican Health and Ageing Study (MHAS) 2015 was used to calculate the number of underage caregivers who do not attend school. The Household Income and Expenditure Survey (ENIGH) 2018 was used to estimate wage differences between populations of working age with complete elementary and complete high school education.

Last Year of Life, Frailty, and Out-of-Pocket Expenses in Older Adults: A Secondary Analysis of the Mexican Health and Aging Study.

Objective: To determine the association of frailty with out-of-pocket expenses (OOPEs) during the last year of life of Mexican older adults.

Methods: Cross-sectional secondary analysis of the Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS), a representative population-based cohort study. Health care expenses were estimated, and a probit model was used to estimate the probability that older adults had OOPE.

Hospital Complications and Frailty in Mexican Older Adults: An Emergency Care Cohort Analysis.

To describe the association of frailty level on admittance to the Emergency Department (ED) with various hospital complications including delirium, low phase angle, and low handgrip strength. Prospective cohort. ED rooms of two public general hospitals in Mexico City.