Documentos de trabajo
Diseño y reforma del Plan Obligatorio de Salud en Colombia.
Fecha
2012-05-01Autor
Guerrero Carvajal, Ramiro
Bossert, Thomas
Institución
Resumen
The way a benefits package is implemented in a health system is as important as its
content. This article focuses on the way a package is designed and implemented, rather
than on its medical content. It starts by defining the packages and presenting the
different ways of designing them, and the implications of the latter on equity and
access. Some international experiences are presented and commented, with special
emphasis on recent reforms in Chile and México. The concepts and cases presented in
the paper are then discussed in the Colombian context in order to identify relevant
lessons and insights for the current process of reforming and updating the Colombian
benefits package.