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Health Benefit Plans in Latin America: A Regional Comparison

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  • 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

Abstract

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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  • Giedion, Úrsula & Tristao, Ignez & Escobar, Liliana & Bitrán, Ricardo & Cañón, Oscar & Molins, Silvia & Alonso, Lucía & Fernández, Jorge & Panopoulou, Giota & González-Pier, Eduardo & Prieto, A. Loren, 2014. "Health Benefit Plans in Latin America: A Regional Comparison," IDB Publications (Books), Inter-American Development Bank, number 6484, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:idb:idbbks:6484
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    Keywords

    Health Benefit Plans; Contributory regime; Universal Health; Health system; Health problems; Benefit plan; Subsidized regime; Priority setting;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • H51 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Health
    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
    • I13 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Insurance, Public and Private

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