Exclusion in Health in Latin America and the Caribbean
Publisher: Pan American Health Organization
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 142
ISBN-13: 9789275127131
Description: This book presents the results of studies conducted between 2001 and 2003 in six countries of the Region - the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Paraguay, and Peru - with the objective of characterizing and measuring exclusion in health. The study forms part of a joint initiative between the Pan American Health Organization and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, and its findings will be of great use to decision- and policymakers at all levels throughout the regional public health community.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: TABLE OF CONTENTS; FOREWORD; COLABORATORS; INTRODUCTION; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; CHAPTER 1: CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CHAPTER 2: METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK; CHAPTER 3: RESULTS BY COUNTRY; CHAPTER 4: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSIONS; BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES; ANNEX A: LIMITATIONS OF THE INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS OF THE INDICATORS; ANNEX B: COMPOSITE INDEX OF EXCLUSION; ANNEX C: METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF THE CALCULATION OF THE INDEX OF EXCLUSION (FGT2); ANNEX D: DESCOMPOSITION OF THE INDEX OF EXCLUSION.