Did Gender Healthcare Disparity Against Women Exist in Chile during the First Two Years of the Pandemic?
Author(s)
Arenillas S1, Rada A2, Avila S2, Valdes C2
1Roche, Santiago Chile, RM, Chile, 2Roche, Santiago, RM, Chile
Presentation Documents
OBJECTIVES:
Gender disparity has been a priority. In March 2020 the World Health Organization reported that almost 90% of men/women globally are biased against women. In 1997, the Chilean government developed a Women's Health plan. Also, Roche developed a global project to address these disparities. This study aims to know if, in Chile, gender disparity is a factor involved in the pathogenesis, diagnosis, and prognosis.METHODS:
Year 2020 and 2021, mortality and hospital discharge databases from the Ministry of Health were used to evaluate the three most important conditions for the Chilean population. Male-to-female mortality and hospital discharge rate ratio were used for the analysis.RESULTS:
From this analysis, we obtained that during 2020 and 2021 the three leading causes of mortality were cardiovascular diseases, COVID-19, and cancer. The top three causes were the same in women and men. However, the order of each condition was different, which could be related to the difference in some behavioral factors. For women, cardiovascular diseases were the top 1, then cancer and COVID-19. For men, the top one was COVID-19, then cardiovascular diseases and cancer. Regarding hospital discharge in both years, more women were discharged than men in cancer. However, for cardiovascular diseases and COVID-19, the data was different and it is related that more men experienced these diseases compared to women.CONCLUSIONS:
Based on this analysis, we cannot conclude that there are healthcare gender disparities against women in Chile, because the difference in terms of mortality or hospital discharge could be related to other causes (i.e. social behavior, health awareness). However, in cancer, we see some disparities. There are more governmental guarantees for specific women’s cancer than for the general population. Therefore, it is essential to advance regarding general population cancer funds and public health awareness campaigns to reduce the mortality of some preventable diseases.Conference/Value in Health Info
2023-05, ISPOR 2023, Boston, MA, USA
Value in Health, Volume 26, Issue 6, S2 (June 2023)
Code
EPH49
Topic
Health Policy & Regulatory
Topic Subcategory
Health Disparities & Equity
Disease
No Additional Disease & Conditions/Specialized Treatment Areas