How many daily consultations does the IMSS offer to beneficiaries?

The Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) provides medical services to millions of Mexicans across the country, but how many exactly? Here are the statistics:

The IMSS Family Medicine Units (UMF) 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, coordinator of the Primary Care Unit.

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He explained that Social Security has more than 1,500 First Level Units in the country where nearly 380,000 consultations are provided daily. , primarily in family medicine, dentistry, occupational health and ongoing medical care, as well as for the control of chronic diseases such as high blood pressure, diabetes or acute diseases such as respiratory infections.

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

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The coordinator of Social Security's Primary Care Unit explained that family planning, epidemiology, and the PrevenIMSS strategy are offered to beneficiaries in the Family Medicine Units.

He also detailed laboratory, X-ray, nutrition, comprehensive nursing care, psychology, and those related to the Diabetes Care Centers (CADIMSS), created to help patients self-control the disease and avoid complications.

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He emphasized that by providing quality and compassionate services to users in all areas of the Family Medicine Units, it has been possible to improve and increase their satisfaction, improve adherence to pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment, and improve the perception of the Mexican Social Security Institute.

He commented that In the area of medical prescriptions, a total of 213 million 460 thousand were issued in 2023, and in 2024, more than 214 million 496 thousand .

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He highlighted that in terms of vaccine-preventable diseases, Family Medicine Units administered more than 25,210 doses in 2022; in 2023, the number increased to 29,139,000, and in 2024, a total of 30 million doses of various biological agents are estimated .

He stated that the variation in the figures is a result of the increase in the population of responsibility and the recruitment of users, both beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries, derived from the accessibility of vaccination in Family Medicine Units and the deployment of vaccination brigades by Social Security in special campaigns.

With information from the IMSS

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