Health care for the poor in Latin America and the Caribbean / Carmelo Mesa-Lago.
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TextSeries: Scientific publication (Pan American Health Organization) ; no. 539Publication details: Washington, D.C. : Pan American Health Organization, 1992. Description: 234 pISBN: 9275115397Subject(s): Delivery of health care | Health services accessibility | Medical assistance | Medical indigency | Poverty | Caribbean region | Latin America | Health Management and PlanningNLM classification: W 250Abstract: Reports the results of a comparative study of problems confronted by the health care systems in Latin America and the Caribbean, a region where an estimated 130 million of the poor currently have no access to health care. The study, which focuses on conditions during the 1980s, was designed to analyse the current and potential capacity of health systems to provide adequate health protection for the poor. Recommendations for the reform of health care are also presented. The book has four main chapters. The first profiles the poor populations in this region with statistics indicating the magnitude and incidence of poverty, characteristics of the poor in urban and rural areas, and the extent of access to social services. Levels of health care and access to services are evaluated in the second chapter, which provides systematic information on all 20 Latin American countries and selected Caribbean countries. A particular effort is made to determine the extent to which the poor are protected and to identify the obstacles that need to be overcome in order to extend health care coverage. Features of health care assessed include administration, standards, facilities, inequalities, financing, and the problem of growing costs. The third and most extensive chapter gives an in-depth analysis of health care provided by the public, private, and social insurance sectors in five representative countries: Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay. The final chapter summarizes findings from the case studies and explores the possibility of replicating successful programmes elsewhere. Policy recommendations for the reform of health care are also formulated and discussed.
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Reports the results of a comparative study of problems confronted by the health care systems in Latin America and the Caribbean, a region where an estimated 130 million of the poor currently have no access to health care. The study, which focuses on conditions during the 1980s, was designed to analyse the current and potential capacity of health systems to provide adequate health protection for the poor. Recommendations for the reform of health care are also presented. The book has four main chapters. The first profiles the poor populations in this region with statistics indicating the magnitude and incidence of poverty, characteristics of the poor in urban and rural areas, and the extent of access to social services. Levels of health care and access to services are evaluated in the second chapter, which provides systematic information on all 20 Latin American countries and selected Caribbean countries. A particular effort is made to determine the extent to which the poor are protected and to identify the obstacles that need to be overcome in order to extend health care coverage. Features of health care assessed include administration, standards, facilities, inequalities, financing, and the problem of growing costs. The third and most extensive chapter gives an in-depth analysis of health care provided by the public, private, and social insurance sectors in five representative countries: Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay. The final chapter summarizes findings from the case studies and explores the possibility of replicating successful programmes elsewhere. Policy recommendations for the reform of health care are also formulated and discussed.
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