The use of the tracer methodology to assess the quality of care for patients enrolled in Medical Insurance for a New Generation.

Objective: To assess the quality of care provided at medical units that provide services to Medical Insurance for a New Generation (SMNG) enrollees.

Materials And Methods: The tracer methodology was used in a sample of 82 medical units selected in fifteen states of Mexico and data collected in November 2009.

Results: Problems were found to locate the minimal number of the 18 medical charts requested in three of the tracers.

Quality of health care of the medical units that provide services for Medical Insurance for a New Generation enrollees.

Objective: In this evaluation we assess the quality of the general and clinical structure in medical units that deliver health services for the Medical Insurance for a New Generation (SMNG) enrollees.

Materials And Methods: The study population included 82 medical units that deliver health services to enrollees of the SMNG in 15 states of Mexico, during 2009. Two indexes: the general structure index and the clinical structure index were created.