En la primera sección del estudio se calcula e costo-efectividad en términos de dólares gastados para salvar una vida en el programa de detección temprana de cáncer gástrico en el hospital Max Peralta en Cartago, Costa ...

Conforme la fecundidad disminuye en América Latina, varias poblaciones de la región se acercan al nivel de reemplazo, es decir a una tasa global de poco más de 2 hijos por mujer, que alcanza solo para reemplazar una ...

The intake of vegetables and fruits has been shown to reduce the risk of multiple diseases in many different population. Various components of these foods have been investigated to explain the protective effects. Carotenoids, ...

La alta y creciente prevalencia de personas obesas y con sobrepeso en los países de América Latina y el Caribe y los mayores riesgos asociados con el padecimiento de ciertas enfermedades crónicas, podrían estar modificando ...

This study describes the all-cause and cause-specific mortality of Nicaraguan-born and native-born inhabitants of Costa Rica and examines the influence of socioeconomic and demographic factors on differential mortality ...

Education is considered an important factor in the relationship between fertility and contraception use. The objective o f this paper is to analyze if fertility rates in countries are reduced due to government policies, ...

Vast evidence from demographic and health surveys has shown that poorer health and higher mortality in children are clearly associated with lower socioeconomic status (SES) of parents everywhere in low- and high-income ...

Costa Rica has been a focus of demographic attention for at least two reasons: its startling rate of natural population growth, which peaked at 3.8% during 1955 and 1960 and which was considered one of the highest in the ...

The argument that immigrants tend to make greater use of health services, displacing the local population, is well-known. The goal of this study is to compare affiliation to the Costa Rican national health care system and ...

The process linking chronic and acute health conditions to disability has been conceptualized as a progression through four stages: 1)pathology;(2)substantial impairments; (3) functional limitations (restrictions in ...