What are the three levels of care at the IMSS?

The Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) provides healthcare to millions of Mexicans, but at different levels. Here's what we explain:

The IMSS classifies medical services for the insured population into three levels of care, through which it offers preventive, curative, and rehabilitative care .

At the first level, care is provided primarily in Family Medicine Units (UMF), in which the person is assigned specific medical personnel. to provide basic health services in a specific office and shift.

At the second level, care is provided in hospitals with Family Medicine, hospitals with Outpatient Care and General Hospitals of the Zone, Subzone and Regional These facilities provide outpatient specialty care , as well as hospitalization, emergency services, and surgical procedures.

Finally, The third level is provided in High Specialty Medical Units (UMAE), where more complex conditions are treated. .

How many daily consultations does the IMSS offer to beneficiaries?

The IMSS's primary health care units (UFMs) offer a full range of medical services designed to protect the health of their beneficiaries through timely, systematic, effective, efficient, and safe actions, stated Dr. Ernesto Krug Llamas, Primary Care Coordinator.

He explained that Social Security has more than 1,500 Primary Care Units across the country, providing nearly 380,000 consultations daily , primarily in family medicine, dentistry, occupational health, and ongoing medical care, as well as for the management of chronic conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes, and acute illnesses such as respiratory infections.

Krug Llamas added that at the three levels of care, IMSS medical units provide approximately 500,000 visits per day, 81 percent of which are resolved in family medicine consultations , where medical and nursing staff offer health promotion and education, prevention, detection, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation services.

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