OECD Reviews of Health Systems
Subtitle: Mexico 2005
By: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Series: OECD reviews of health systems; OECD Reviews of Health Systems
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 158
ISBN-13: 9789264008939
Subjects: Social Issues/Migration/Health
Description: This book describes the strengths and weaknesses of the Mexican health system in terms of access to health care, quality of care, efficiency of supply of services and the financial sustainability of the system. The report also evaluates reforms to the system with particular emphasis on the recently-introduced System of Social Protection in Health ("Sistema de Protección Social en Salud") and assesses remaining policy challenges facing the Mexican Authorities.
Table of contents: title: Executive Summary; title: Introduction; title: Chapter 1. Organistion of the Mexican Health Care System; title: Salient Features of Mexico: Social and Economic Context, Demographics, and Epidemiology; title: Size of the Health Care System in the Mexican Economy; title: Health Coverage and Financing; title: Service Provision; title: Payment of Providers; title: Role of Government in Regulation of the Health Sector and Setting National Health Policy; title: Chapter 2. A Diagnosis of Strengths and Weaknesses of the Mexican Health System; title: Access to Health Care; title: Quality and Effectiveness of the Mexican Health Care System; title: Assessing the Efficiency of the Mexican Health Care System; title: The Sustainability of Health Care Spending; title: The Longer Term Development of the System and System Governance; title: Chapter 3. Recent Reforms: Impacts and Prospects; title: System for Social Protection in Health (SPSS); title: The Potential Impact of the SPSS; title: Chapter 4. Policy challenes and Options for Further Reform; title: Access to Care and Financing Issues; title: Efficiency and Quality Issues; title: Systemic Issues; title: Bibliography; title: Glossary; title: List of Acronyms; title: List of Mexican States