A comparison of Primary Health Care Models from a health approach in Colombia and its limiting countries Comparación de los modelos de Atención Primaria en Salud desde un enfoque sanitario en Colombia y sus países fronterizos

Abstract

Objective: To compare the Primary Health Care models of Colombia and its border countries with data from 2018, based on health-related Millennium Development Goals. Materials and methods: A categorization matrix was used for data collection; in this case it was developed taking into account the compliance or not compliance of the selected indicators of the Millennium Development Goals related to health within the operation linked with Primary Health Care. Subsequently, a thorough analysis of different variables was carried out and it was tabulated obtaining qualitative and quantitative values, which were expressed in charts and graphs.

Results: In the general context of the countries studied, the main strength of the implementation of the Primary Health Care strategy lies in the MDG 5: Improve maternal health in the Maternal Mortality Rate Outcome Indicator and the MDG 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases in their outcome indicator: Men and women 15 to 49 years of age living with HIV/AIDS; where there are more evidence of majority false or negative impacts in 4 countries: MDG 8: Establish a global development partnership, in its outcome indicator: population with stable access to essential medication at reasonable prices.  Conclusions: Of the countries analyzed in this study, only Peru implements policies aimed at meeting these indicators and these policies have a positive impact on the development of the objectives in each of them, with the country with the highest compliance rate.

In Venezuela was where the greatest drawbacks were found in terms of available information since the current political situation represents an important hermeticism in public information related to the compliance of the Millenium Development Goals.