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The democratization of health in Mexico: financial innovations for universal coverage

From: Victor Zamora <victor@victorzamora.com>
Date: 2009/7/2


------Mensaje original------
De: Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC)
Remitente: Equity, Health & Human Development
Para: list:equidad
Responder a: list:equidad
Asunto: [EQ] The democratization of health in Mexico: financial innovations for universal coverage
Enviado: 2 Jul, 2009 10:54

The democratization of health in Mexico: financial innovations for universal coverage Julio Frenk a, Octavio Gómez-Dantés b & Felicia Marie Knaul ca. Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States of America. b. National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, MO, Mexico. c. Mexican Health Foundation, Mexico, DF, Mexico.Bulletin of the World Health Organization Volume 87, Number 7, July 2009, 485-564
Available online as at: http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/87/7/08-053199/en/index.html
"……In Mexico, important strides have been made in increasing people's access to comprehensive health care, thanks to a health reform that made health care a legal right, as prescribed by amendment to the Mexican Constitution in 1983. Through the new Seguro Popular, by 2010 high-quality health care will have been extended to everyone in Mexico. Thus, the democratization of health care – defined as the application of democratic norms and procedures to individuals deprived of the benefits and duties of citizenship, such as women, youngsters, ethnic minorities or workers of the informal sector of the economy29 – will have been attained.
This paper has provided evidence that the financial innovations linked to the Sistema de Protección Social en Salud are improving insurance coverage, the availability of health infrastructure and basic health inputs, health-service utilization, effective health-care coverage, and the levels of financial protection enjoyed by the Mexican population, especially among the poor.
However, Mexico continues to face important challenges, mainly in connection with emerging diseases. Disease control efforts before the epidemiological transition yielded important improvements, but as immunization coverage increased and deaths from diarrhoea, acute respiratory infections and reproductive events dropped, non-communicable diseases began to take a proportionately larger toll. As a result, there is a critical need for additional public funding to extend access to costly interventions for non-communicable
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Does socioeconomic status determine access to health care in Peru?

From: Victor Zamora <victor@victorzamora.com>
Date: 2009/7/3

Access to health care in relation to socioeconomic status in the Amazonian area of Peru

Does socioeconomic status determine access to health care in Peru?



Authors: C. Kristiansson; E. Gotuzzo; H. Rodriguez
Publisher: International Journal for Equity in Health, 2009

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Good health is recognised by many as being central to individual and national development. However, there is often a disconnect between the access and utilisation of health services by the poor. In countries where publicly funded programmes are limited and persons are required to utilise insurance schemes or out of pocket payments, people who lack the means to pay for services may be unable to access them.

This paper, from the International Journal for Equity in Health, examines the link between the socioeconomic status and the ability to access health services. The authors of this research paper provide empirical data on the impact of limited health services on children from two small urban communities in Peru. The study interviewed the care givers of 1,573 children about how and when they seek health care. The economic status of participants was measured based on personal assets rather than questions about personal wealth. Biological samples were also taken in order to test for illness such as diarrhoea and dysentery.

It was found that those with lower income levels did not access health and pharmaceutical services even in cases of severe illness where consultation with a health professional and medications were required. On the other hand, persons who had the means to pay for services often sought assistance and utilized treatments for minor ailments. The findings of this study highlight the need to implement funding schemes that bridge the gap between the rich and the poor. The authors note that health schemes aimed at financing services should be implemented with caution as these can result in persons being subjected to stigma. This can result in a lack of uptake of programmes that have been designed to meet the needs of persons from lower socioeconomic groups. 

 

Ver artículo completo en: http://www.equityhealthj.com/content/8/1/11
 

Víctor Zamora
"...siempre seguí la misma dirección, la difícil,
la que usa el salmón..."
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