03.03.07.01. Is there a clear role for volunteers within this workforce and how is this organised (shadowing paid staff, offered training etc.)? | Mexico

03.03.07.01. Is there a clear role for volunteers within this workforce and how is this organised (shadowing paid staff, offered training etc.)? | Mexico

12 Jul 2022

Information on the support of voluntary work in health care provision (all areas/population groups) has been collected as part of the National Health Satellite Accounts generated by the national statistics institute INEGI. For the year 2017, voluntary care in health represented 1.2% of the total GDP of the health sector. Volunteer work is mostly performed in non-profit organisations at the community level, and individuals are usually not employed/contracted and/or paid. On the other hand, the 2015 Social Assistance Housing Census, CAAS, showed that of the total staff working at the interviewed long-term care institutions, 14% worked without payment as volunteers.