Health Benefit Plans in Latin America: A Regional Comparison

Úrsula Giedion; Ignez Tristao; Liliana Escobar; Ricardo Bitrán; Oscar Cañón; Silvia Molins; Lucía Alonso; Jorge Fernández; Giota Panopoulou; Eduardo González-Pier; A. Lorena Prieto; Camilo Cid; Vilma Montañez; Martín Sabignoso; Humberto Silva; Javier Curcio; Mauricio Dinarte; Luis Bolaño Prado

doi:10.18235/0012566

Health Benefit Plans in Latin America: A Regional Comparison

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Author

Giedion, Úrsula ;

Tristao, Ignez ;

Escobar, Liliana ;

Bitrán, Ricardo ;

Cañón, Oscar ;

Molins, Silvia ;

Alonso, Lucía ;

Fernández, Jorge ;

Panopoulou, Giota ;

González-Pier, Eduardo ;

Prieto, A. Lorena ;

Cid, Camilo ;

Montañez, Vilma ;

Sabignoso, Martín ;

Silva, Humberto ;

Curcio, Javier ;

Dinarte, Mauricio ;

Bolaño Prado, Luis

Date issued

May 2014

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DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0012566

Editor

Tristao, Ignez;

Bitrán, Ricardo;

Giedion, Úrsula

Subject

Health Policy;

Health Care Service

JEL code

H51 - Government Expenditures and Health;

I18 - Government Policy • Regulation • Public Health;

I13 - Health Insurance, Public and Private

IDB series

Criteria Network

Country

Colombia;

Chile;

Uruguay;

Mexico;

Peru;

Argentina;

Honduras

Category

Books

Guaranteeing the right to health care under equal conditions for all is a goal that every society desires to achieve, particularly in a region as unequal as Latin America and the Caribbean. Universal coverage is an important objective for most countries; however, the context for attaining universal coverage is difficult, as the pressure on health spending mounts with each passing day. So, what to leave in or out of a health benefit plan?

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