Health and out-of-pocket spending in mexico 2017-2020

Objective. From documentary research, we compared the health and out-of-pocket spending in Mexico; for this we will describe some historical aspects of the Mexican health system, some theoretical concepts, compare the figures of health spending in Mexico with other countries during the last 5 years and the out-of-pocket expenditure of Mexicans, during the period 2017 to 2021. Methodology The elaboration of the historical section consistedof the search and analysis of articles with information on the origin of the Health System in Mexico from the Porfiriato, which described by historical periods the basic structure of the Health System, the institutions that make it up, the population it covers and the benefits received by members of the different institutions, reforms and financing, data were also obtained from the portal of the National Institute for Welfare (INSABI) Results. Comparing five indicators that measure health spending, Mexico has lower health spending compared to other countries with a high, medium and low level according to its GNI, in the period 2017-2020. In the discussion and conclusion, the information collected on health and out-of-pocket spending in Mexico 2017-2020 was analyzed, compared with other countries by level of Gross National Income (GNI), and with the bibliography selected to make deductions from the subject.