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View Resource Una investigación sobre el costo de la cobertura universal de salud en México

El sistema mexicano de seguridad social, luego de operar por más de seis décadas, ha conseguido proporcionar el servicio de salud para un poco más de la mitad de la población residente. Existen grandes variaciones en la cobertura geográfica y socioeconómica. Para proporcionar una cobertura más amplia, el Gobierno Federal creó el Sistema de Protección Social en Salud (SPSS) para cubrir familias de...

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View Resource Reseña del libro Beyond survival. Protecting households from health shocks in Latin America, por Baeza, Cristian C., y Truman G. Packard

El libro de Cristian Baeza y Truman Packard se basa en la siguiente hipótesis: los problemas de salud reducen el consumo de bienes y servicios distintos a los servicios de salud, y muchos hogares empobrecen debido a esto. Aunque los autores reconocen que la evidencia que presentan al respecto es limitada, proponen el uso de un “fondo universal de riesgos” como una forma de eliminar el problema de...

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View Resource Introduction (on the subject that is addressed in the issue number)

In this issue of Well-being and Social Policy we have tried to include articles that support the debate around social insurance in health. This is an issue in which simple answers are hardly ever found, and a long term effort is required to understand the idiosyncrasy of each country and the best mix of regulation and financing options. Additionally, the studied cases point out to the need of a...

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View Resource The emerging paradigm in heatlh care policy: the case of Canada

The model of health care financing and delivery for which Canada is best known internationally is its universal, single-payer, first-dollar system of coverage for physician and hospital services. For several decades following its establishment in the late 1950's and 1960's, this model provided public finance from the general tax base (like the UK), at levels of generosity, relative to GDP, like...

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View Resource Understanding ten years of stagnation in Costa Rica's drive for universal coverage

This study analyzes achievements and obstacles in the process of moving towards universal coverage of essential health care services in Costa Rica. It describes the country as exemplary in the region, both in terms of population health status as well as health financing indicators. Life expectancy and the level of pre-payment are both comparable to high income countries. However, the process that...

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View Resource Financing universal enrollment to social health insurance: lessons learned from Colombia

The paper discusses the financing of the health care reform implemented in Colombia since the early nineties and explains the obstacles faced on the way to universal enrollment to social health insurance. The paper describes the reform and the sources created for its financing. It presents the observed trends in the financing of the insurance schemes created by the reform, identifies the...

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View Resource An investigation into the cost of universal health coverage in Mexico

The Mexican social security system, after operating for over six decades, has managed to provide healthcare for slightly over half the resident population. There are wide geographical and socioeconomic variations in coverage. To provide wider coverage, the Federal Government created the Sistema de Protección Social en Salud (SPSS) for covering low income family. It becomes the third...

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View Resource III Reunión Especial de Ministros de Salud en las Américas. Resoluciones

En el presente texto se presentan las resoluciones presentadas por las delegaciones que formaron parte de la III Reunión Especial de Ministros de Salud en las Américas, desarrollado en Asunción Paraguay en agosto de 1972. Se destaca la resolución del XIII Congreso Interamericano de Ingeniería Sanitaria.

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