A Resilient Health System? Well-Child Visits Before and After COVID-19 in Chile

Acevedo, Carolina

doi:10.3389/fped.2025.1497358

ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Pediatr.

Sec. Children and Health

Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fped.2025.1497358

A Resilient Health System? Well-Child Visits Before and After COVID-19 in Chile

Provisionally accepted

Carolina Acevedo ^*

Temuco Catholic University, Temuco, Chile

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Childhood is a critical period where access to medical controls and health policies can severely affect health equity. Objectives: Analyzed to subnational Chile health system's resilience in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic regarding child health. The focus of the research was to assess the performance of Chile Crece Contigo's social policy, specifically the Well-Child Visit Program, which provides health checks to one million children annually through the primary health network. Methods: Using a subnational postpandemic recovery rate, a regression analysis with municipal controls was performed to observe recovery facilitators. A percentage based on the total child population was obtained for the commune of each country and year of study (2015 to 2022).

Keywords: Health system resilience, COVID-19, Well-child visits, Recovery rate, Primary Health Care

Received: 28 Oct 2024; Accepted: 28 Feb 2025.

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* Correspondence: Carolina Acevedo, Temuco Catholic University, Temuco, Chile

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