Toward universal health coverage and equity in Latin America and the Caribbean
Subtitle: evidence from selected countries
By: Tania Dmytraczenko and Gisele Almeida, editors
Contributors: World Bank Group
Series: Directions in development; Directions in development (Washington, D.C.)
Publisher: The World Bank Group
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
ISBN-13: 9781464804540; 9781464804557
Subjects: Health Policy; Health Care Reform; Delivery of Health Care; Universal Coverage
Description: Over the past three decades, many countries of Latin America and the Caribbean have recognized health as a human right. Since the early 2000s, 46 million more people in the countries studied are covered by health programs with explicit guarantees of affordable care. Reforms have been accompanied by a rise in public spending for health, financed largely from general revenues that prioritized or explicitly target the population without capacity to pay. Political commitment has generally translated into larger budgets as well as passage of legislation that ring-fenced funding for health. Most cou.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Setting the context for universal health coverage reforms in LAC; title: Universal health coverage policies in LAC; title: Progress toward universal coverage in LAC : outcomes, utilization, and financial protection; title: Assessing progress toward universal coverage : beyond utilization and financial protection.