Colombia and Cuba, contrasting models in Latin America's health sector reform

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1604-1612

  Vos, Pol De ^a   Ceukelaire, Wim De ^b   Stuyft, Patrick Van Der ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b INTAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Colombia; Cuba; Health sector reform; Latin America; National health system; Privatization

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SERVICES; INSTITUTIONAL REFORM; PRIVATIZATION;

COLOMBIA; CUBA; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA;

COLOMBIA; CUBA; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PRIVATE SECTOR; PRIVATIZATION; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; STATE MEDICINE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; COLOMBIA; CUBA; GREATER ANTILLES; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33749061907     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2006.01702.x     Document Type: Review

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