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Table 3 Empirical basis for the creation of an observatory on SDH and HI in Mexico

From: Measuring health inequities in low and middle income countries for the development of observatories on inequities and social determinants of health

Primary and specific information systems

Installed capacity at government organizations for publishing periodic reports on health and health-related issues

Installed capacities at the national decision-making level

• Primary information systems (name in parenthesis):

• National Population Council (CONAPO)

• National Institute of Public Health (INSP)

• Ministry of Social Development (SEDESOL)

• National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI)

• National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development Policy (CONEVAL)

• Directorate General for Health Promotion

• National Academy of Medicine

• Observatory on Mental Health - Health Ministry of the State of Mexico

• Observatory on Human Resources for Health

• Observatory on Gender and Poverty

• Directorate General of Performance Evaluation

o Census (INEGI)

o Vital statistics and administrative records (INEGI)

o Household surveys (INEGI)

o Population estimates (CONAPO)

• Specific information systems: National Health Information System (SINAIS):

o Material and human resources from federal and state health ministries

o Operational medical units in public health care

o Financial accounting on health at federal and state level

o Health care programs

o Morbidity (hospital discharges in public health care by State)

o Mortality (deaths): general, maternal and stillbirths

o Birth certificate by year of event (2008–2012)

CROSS-CUTTING COMPONENTS

National Institute for Access to Public Information and Data Protection (INAI)

Mexican Network on SDH (REDMEX-DSS)

Mexican Foundation for Health (FUNSALUD)