Women seek more health care than men

Posted on November 6, 2013 by john in womens health

In Costa Rica men slightly outnumber women in population size, but they come to the health services twice what they do.

Data released by the Social Security Fund ( CCSS ) Tuesday morning in 2012 indicate that 66.7 % of admissions were women, versus 33.3 % in men.

The situation does not change when you see the number of medical consultations were 65.3% for women, with 34.7% of men.

The issue in quirúrjicos procedures is the same: 68.1 % was for the female gender.

In emergency care gap closes, but most women still with 56.2 %, accounting for 43.8 %.
Citations birth control are one of the reasons why more women attend health services
Citations birth control are one of the reasons why more women attend health services ( Archive) expand

What is this? Specialists are two reasons.

On the one hand this is due to women going to health services biologically conditions that man can not go : pregnancy, childbirth and postnatal care.

However, if you see the statistics of queries that are common to both genders, women also go more than men.

To Heilen Diaz, the Gender Equity Program of the CCSS, men are considered the stronger sex and believe they do not need much health care.

However, when they reach their health services is already deteriorating and it is more difficult to regain the quality of life. Meanwhile, women feel they must ensure their health and that of their children.

Diaz said he is planning to make services more accessible to the male population for them to go more preventive consultation, not expected to be sick and get to a hospital, because there the chances of good health and quick recovery are reduced.

Among them are the set and extend time ; also seek care approach also reach health complications men are different from women.