Objective. To explore the Chilean health system financing based on the most recent available data. Material and Methods. Using the WHO World Health Report 2000 framework, this paper analyzes the Chilean health system ...

Background: Countdown to 2015 (Countdown) supported countries to produce case studies that examine how and why progress was made toward the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 4 and 5. Analysing how health-financing data ...

Objective. Determine the impact, characteristics, and changes in out-of-pocket health spending of households in Chile in 1997 and 2007.

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 ...

Objective: To assess the effectiveness of care provided by mid-level health workers. Methods: Experimental and observational studies comparing mid-level health workers and higher level health workers were identified by a ...

We compared expenditure trends for reproductive, maternal, neonatal and child health (RMNCH) with trends in RMNCH service coverage in Peru. We used National Health Accounts data to report on total health expenditure by ...

Starting in the late 1980s, many Latin American countries began social sector reforms to alleviate poverty, reduce socioeconomic inequalities, improve health outcomes, and provide financial risk protection. In particular, ...