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Evaluación del impacto de la reforma del sector de la salud en Costa Rica mediante un estudio cuasiexperimental
(2004)
Objetivo. Valorar el impacto de la reforma del sector de la salud iniciada en Costa Rica en
1995 sobre la mortalidad de niños y adultos y la equidad en el acceso a los servicios de salud.
Métodos. La reforma del sector ...
Pulse blood pressure and cardiovascular mortality in a population-based cohort of elderly Costa Ricans
(2016-09)
We studied the relationships between blood pressure (BP), pulse pressure (PP) and cardiovascular (CV) death in older adults using data from 2346 participants enrolled in the Costa Rican CRELES study, mean age 76 years (s.d. ...
Obesidad, envejecimiento y mortalidad en Costa Rica
(2009)
El incremento en la prevalencia de la obesidad en el mundo ha despertado el interés de investigadores y gran público debido a la asociación del exceso de grasa corporal con ciertas enfermedades degenerativas (Popkin, 2006). ...
Differentials by Socioeconomic Status and Institutional Characteristics in Preventive Service Utilization by Older Persons in Costa Rica
(Journal of Aging and Health August 2009 vol. 21 no. 5 730-758, 2009-08)
Objective: The goals of this article are to assess the level of preventive service
utilization by older persons in Costa Rica and to determine whether
there are differentials in utilization across socioeconomic status ...
Do biological measures mediate the relationship between education and health: A comparative study
(Social Science & Medicine 72 (2011) 307-315, 2011)
Despite a myriad of studies examining the relationship between socioeconomic status and health
outcomes, few have assessed the extent to which biological markers of chronic disease account for social
disparities in health. ...
Differences in the association of cardiovascular risk factors with education: a comparison of Costa Rica (CRELES) and the USA (NHANES)
(J Epidemiol Community Health 2010; 64: 821-828, 2009-08-12)
Background Despite different levels of economic
development, Costa Rica and the USA have similar
mortalities among adults. However, in the USA there are
substantial differences in mortality by educational
attainment, ...
Determinantes del descenso de la mortalidad infantil en Costa Rica
(1985)
En Costa Rica, la tasa de mortalidad infantil se ha reducido notablemente de 68 por 1 000 en 1970 a 20 por 1 000 en 1980. Con el propósito de identificar los posibles determinantes de esta reducción se analizaron los cambios ...
Tipología y conducta de riesgo de infección con el Virus de la Inmunodeficiencia Humana (HIV), de hombres homosexuales de Costa Rica, 1985-1987
(1988)
Se describe una tipología de hombres homosexuales en Costa Rica, de acuerdo a información obtenida mediante observación prospectiva cuyo objetivo fue conocer factores de riesgo de infección y Ia seroconversión al virus de ...
Infant mortality and birth rates
(1994-12)
It has been suggested that decreasing infant
mortality is a prerequisite for decreasing birth
rates and the experience in several countries
shows that decreasing infant mortality rates
are indeed followed by declining ...
Costa Rica saves infants’ lives
(1988)
Costa Rica covers an area of about 50 000
square kilometres. Approximately half of its
2.5 million inhabitants live in rural areas.
The economy is based on exports of tropical
products, predominantly coffee and ...