IMSS Service Delivery Data During the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2019-2020

Service utilization data from January 2019 to December 2020 across all 35 delegations of the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS). The dataset tracks indicators for reproductive, maternal, child, and chronic disease care. Catherine Arsenault of Harvard University Press compiled this data.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in maternal and child healthcare service utilization based on the described indicators.
• Model the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on chronic disease care access based on the 2019-2020 time series.
• Compare service delivery performance across the 35 IMSS delegations mentioned in the description.

Strengths

• Covers a two-year period from January 2019 to December 2020, allowing for pre-pandemic and pandemic comparison.
• Includes data from all 35 delegations of a major Mexican healthcare institution, IMSS.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Catherine Arsenault, Harvard University Press

Time Range

January 2019 to December 2020

Geography

Mexico (all 35 IMSS delegations)