A5030646747- Public Health and Social Inequalities
- Healthcare Systems and Reforms
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Public Health in Brazil
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Global Health Care Issues
- Health and Lifestyle Studies
- Latin American socio-political dynamics
- Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy
- Social Sciences and Policies
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Economic and Social Development
- Health and Medical Research Impacts
- Latin American Legal and Economic Studies
- Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
- Social and Economic Solidarity
- Public Health and Environmental Issues
- Health and Medical Education
- Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
- Agricultural and Food Production Studies
- Public Policy and Governance
- Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis
University of Buenos Aires
2017-2025
Center for the Study of State and Society
2014-2025
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
2003-2024
Centro de Estudos Educação e Sociedade
2010-2024
University of San Andrés
2024
World Health Organization - Pakistan
2012
Centro de Implementación de Políticas Públicas para la Equidad y el Crecimiento
2010
Colciencias
2005
Inter-American Development Bank
2005
Two commonly used metrics for assessing progress toward universal health coverage involve citizens’ rights to care and counting the number of people who are in a financial protection scheme that safeguards them from high payments. On these most countries Latin America have already “reached” coverage. Neither metric indicates, however, whether country has achieved now accepted sense term: everyone—irrespective their ability pay—gets services they need without suffering undue hardship. We...
Given the paradigmatic shift represented by Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as compared to Millennium - in particular their broad and interconnected nature a new set of health policy systems research (HPSR) priorities are needed inform strategies address these goals.To identify high priority HPSR questions linked achievement Goals.We focused on three themes that we considered be central achieving related SDGs: (i) Protecting promoting access services through social protection (ii)...
BackgroundCountries in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) have experienced important demographic, epidemiological, economic, policy developments that raise concerns about their ability to afford health expenditures future. This paper forecasts how current (CHE) LAC countries will change over next 30 years identifies key drivers of expenditure growth.MethodsA statistical model forecast CHE based on changing disease burden, economic growth, technology, demography was developed. by age group...
Many countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) have undergone significant economic, demographic, epidemiological changes. We examined role of these factors on growth health expenditures several LAC countries. Demographic data, disease prevalence, proportion current expenditure (CHE) per capita, by type, were obtained for Health matrices created years 2018 or 2019, disaggregated age group ICD-10 Chapter, seven index (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Peru, Trinidad...
Abstract Background During the first decade of current century, Latin American countries have shown high and consistent economic growth rates, increasing per capita GDP reducing poverty. Social indicators improved in even poorest least equitable region. In terms health care results, marked advances were made infant mortality rates. Objective The aim this paper is to identify if decreasing poverty rates America Caribbean during century had an effect on inequality, specifically by equity gap...
This paper analyzes the reaction of teachers' and doctors' unions to a series social sector reforms in region, including administrative decentralization, provider payment mechanisms, introduction performance evaluation private provision. It combines literature economics political science understand conditions that shape different patterns union behavior their effect on policy implementation. The suggests main influencing health are related structure market (size level competition) due...
This paper analyzes the reaction of teachers' and doctors' unions to a series social sector reforms in region, including administrative decentralization, provider payment mechanisms, introduction performance evaluation private provision. It combines literature economics political science understand conditions that shape different patterns union behavior their effect on policy implementation. The suggests main influencing health are related structure market (size level competition) due...
The study identifies and characterizes oncology actors’ map in Argentina its interactions using qualitative research techniques (secondary source analysis in-depth interviews with representatives from the Department of Health main civil society organizations (CSOs), benchmarks sector). Results show that Argentine Healthcare system structure does not provide actors effective incentives, thus hindering implementation relevant interventions for cancer control. insurers do have incentives to...