Health financing changes in the context of health care decentralization: The case of three Latin American countries

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 449-460

  Arredondo, Armando ^a,b   Parada, Irene ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b NONE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Decentralization ; Financial indicators; Financing, health ; Health care rationing; Health care reform ; Health financing; Health resources, economics; Health system, organization and administration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEXICO; NICARAGUA; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERU;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FINANCIAL SUPPORT; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH CARE REFORM; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MEXICO; NICARAGUA; PERU;

EID: 0034302836     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0034-89102000000500004     Document Type: Article

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