Health care after an earthquake
Abstract
The earthquake originated in April 2016 in the town of Pedernales, province of Manabí, Ecuador, affected the functioning of health units, health programs of the public system and deteriorated the health of the population. In this study analyzes the effects of the Pedernales earthquake, through the description of the care received by users, in the health units of the MSP in the canton Chone, in the post-earthquake period. An observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted. The perceptions of the users were studied, determining their degree of satisfaction with the health services received in the health units. The results show that in most of the health units studied there are significant percentages of dissatisfaction in care, there are gaps in access to medicines, hospital beds and health personnel. The earthquake showed the shortcomings of the attention of the public health network, which were already present before and that the earthquake aggravated them.Downloads
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