Epidural analgesia represents an expense for healthcare providers that is not specifically designated as part of the healthcare package. Consequently, there are exceptionallyfew maternity services where it is used routinely, and most of them reserve it for patients in greater pain or for adolescents, and a significant proportion of centers do not even consider it.
La analgesia epidural impone a las IPS un costo no contemplado de manera específica en los paquetes de atención, por lo que son excepcionales los servicios de maternidad que la administran de manera rutinaria; la mayoría la restringe a las pacientes que acusan mayor dolor o a las adolescentes, y otra importante proporción ni siquiera la consideran.