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National Health Insurance: A conceptual framework from conflicting typologies
(Elsevier Ireland Ltd, 2019)
In the path to universal health coverage, policymakers discuss different alternative health system's financing schemes. Classical typologies have been posited, including models such as National Health Service, Social Health ...
Determinants of utilisation rates of preventive health services: evidence from Chile
(BMC, 2018-07-06)
Background: Preventive health services play a vital role in population health. However, access to such services is not always equitably distributed. In this article, we examine the barriers affecting utilisation rates of ...
Socioeconomic status and perceived health-related quality of life in Chile
(MEDICC Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba, 2017)
INTRODUCTION Changes in the conceptualization of health and illness have led to development of theory and methods to study health-related quality of life. One instrument used frequently to measure this concept is the SF-12 ...
Evolving child and adolescent mental health and development programs in Chile
(2019)
This analysis reviews the situation of child and adolescent mental health in Chile, organizational determinants,
and the initiatives and interventions implemented to enhance child development despite the country’s
inequities. ...
Inequalities in access to health care for people with disabilities in Chile: the limits of universal health coverage
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)
We analysed cross-sectional data collected as part of the National Socioeconomic Characterisation Survey (2013) in Chile, in order to explore if there are differences in access to health care between adult Chileans with ...
Health equity in the world's most unequal region: A challenge for public policy in Latin America Equidad en salud en la región más desigual del mundo: Un reto de políticas públicas en América Latina
(Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2013)
Re-democratization has transformed the social agenda and the role of the state in Latin America with a growing commitment to health equity and social justice, yet these aspirations are strained by the region's profound ...
Twenty years of mental health policies in Chile: Lessons and challenges
(2012)
Over the last 20 years, Chile has increased the mental health share of its public health budget and implemented policies that radically transformed psychiatric services in the country. Both national and international factors ...
Integrating social determinants of health in the universal health coverage monitoring framework
(Pan American Health Organization, 2013)
Underpinning the global commitment to universal health coverage (UHC) is the fundamental role of health for well-being and sustainable development. UHC is proposed as an umbrella health goal in the post-2015 sustainable ...