Healthcare Reform and Poverty in Latin America

by Lloyd-Sherlock, Peter

• ISBN13: 9781900039345
• ISBN10: 1900039346
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-02-01
• Publisher: Institute of Latin American Studies

Summary

Most Latin American countries are now attempting the radical reform of their healthcare financing and delivery systems. In many cases, these reforms complement and contribute to broader neo-liberal orthodoxies of economic and social reform. Key strategies include decentralising hospital administration and the promotion of private health insurance. However, experiences across the region are quite diverse, and countries such as Cuba persist with a system of healthcare based on very different principles. This book identifies key problems facing healthcare systems in the region and evaluates the reforms that have been implemented to date. It pays particular attention to problems of implementation and the impact that changes to health policy are having on poor and vulnerable groups.

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors
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Health Policy in Latin America: Themes, Trends and Challenges	p. 1
Structured Pluralism: Towards an Innovative Model for Health System Reform in Latin America	p. 21
Health Reform: Theory and Practice in El Salvador	p. 57
Decentralisation in Practice: Tales from the North-East of Brazil	p. 78
Getting Better after Neoliberalism: Shifts and Challenges of Health Policy in Chile	p. 94
Health System Reforms in Cuba in the 1990s	p. 112
Health Reform and Policies for the Poor in Mexico	p. 128
Healthcare Financing, Reform and Equity in Argentina: Past and Present	p. 143
Health Reform and Equity in Colombia	p. 163
Bibliography	p. 179
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