Reshaping health care in Latin America [[electronic resource] ] : a comparative analysis of health care reform in Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico / / Edited by Sonia Fleury, Susana Belmartino, and Enis Baris

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910451057403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Ottawa, : International Development Research Centre, 2000
• ISBN: 1-280-84997-5; 9786610849970; 1-55250-311-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (292 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): TeixeiraSonia M. Fleury (Sonia Maria Fleury); BelmartinoSusana; BarisEnis
• Disciplina: 362.1/098
• Soggetti: Health care reform - Argentina; Health care reform - Brazil; Health care reform - Mexico; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-277).
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Foreword; Preface; Section I. Introduction; Chapter 1. Reforming Health Care in Latin America: Challenges and Options; The Social Protection Model in Latin America; After a Decade of Reforms in Latin America; Some Issues in Comparative Analysis; Methodological Options; Section II. Analysis of Health Care Policies; Chapter 2. The Context and Process of Health Care Reform in Argentina; Introduction; Background Influences; The Reform Process; Implementation; Reform of the Public Subsystem: Decentralization of the Hospital System; Evaluation; Conclusion; Chapter 3. Reorganizing the Health Care System in ArgentinaIntroduction; Structural Features; Transformations in the Health Service Systems - Organizational Models; Health Service System Regulation; Discussion; Chapter 4. The Context and Process of Health Care Reform In Brazil; Introduction; Background Influences; The Reform Process; The Reform Implementation; Evaluation; Conclusion; Chapter ; 5. Reorganizing the Health Care System in Brazil; Introduction; Structural Features; Transformations in the Health Care System; Conclusion; Chapter 6. The Context and Process of Health Care Reform In MexicoIntroduction; Background Influences; Reform Process; Conclusions; Chapter 7. Reorganizing the Health Care System in Mexico; Introduction; Structural Features; Changes in the Health Service System; Section III. Determinants of Utilization of Health Care Services; Chapter 8. A Population-based Survey in Three Cities of Latin America; Introduction; Determinants of the Use of Health Care Services in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico; Discussion; Appendix 1. Operational Definitions of the Variables in the Model; Appendix 2. Path Diagrams; Section IV. ConclusionsChapter 9. Reshaping Health Care Systems in Latin America: Toward Fairness?; Major Economic and Social Tendencies; The Health Reform Process; Comparative Analysis of the Health Care Reforms; The Make-up of a Reformed Health Care System; Lessons from the experience; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Contributing Authors; Bibliography