The quest for equity in Latin America: A comparative analysis of the health care reforms in Brazil and Colombia

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Esteves, Roberto J F ^a  

^a MINISTÉRIO DA SAÚDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Colombia; comparative analysis; equity; health care reform; health care system; health inequities; health policy

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; LITERATURE REVIEW; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VIOLENCE;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COLOMBIA; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREND STUDY; BIRTH RATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; INFANT; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME;

BRAZIL; COLOMBIA; LATIN AMERICA;

BIRTH RATE; BRAZIL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLOMBIA; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; FEMALE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84856421874     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-11-622296659     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. World Development Indicators. World Bank, World Bank; 2011. [Cited: December 14, 2011.] [ http://data.worldbank.org/data-catalog/world-development- indicators ]
2. Toward a Theory of a Right to Health: Capability and Incompletely Theorized Agreements. Ruger JP, Yale Journal of Law and the Humanities 2006 18 273 326
3. Ruger JP, Health and Social Justice Oxford: Clarendon Press of Oxford University Press 2009
4. The Concepts and Principles of Equity and Health. Whitehead M, International Journal of Health Services 1992 22 429 45 10.2190/986L-LHQ6-2VTE- YRRN 1644507 (Pubitemid 23364255)
5. Health and Inequality, or, Why Justice is Good for Our Health. Daniels N Kennedy B Kawachi I, Public Health, Ethics and Equity New York: Oxford University Press, Sudhir A, Fabienne P, Amartya S., 2004 63 91
6. Social determinants of health inequalities. Marmot M, Lancet 2005 365 1099 1104 15781105 (Pubitemid 40386787)
7. U.N. General Assembly, International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights New York 1966
8. Commission on Social Determinants of Health, Closing the gap in a generation: health equity through action on the social determinants of health Geneva: World Health Organization 2008
9. Why Health Equity? Sen A, New York: Oxford University Press, Sudhir A, Fabienne P, Amartya S, 2004 21 33
10. Health, Capability, and Justice: Toward a New Paradigm of Health Ethics, Policy and Law. Ruger JP, Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy 2006 15 403 482 17136814
11. Sen A, Inequality Reexamined Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1992
12. Bertolhi Filho C, Histária da Sade Pblica no Brasil So Paulo: Editora Ática 4th edition 2001 22276973
13. As Origens da Reforma Sanitria. Escorel S Nascimento DR Edler FC, Sade e Democracia: Histária e Perspectivas do SUS Rio de Janeiro: Editora Fiocruz, Lima NT et al, 2005 59 81 22308531
14. Evoluço das Políticas e do Sistema de Sade no Brasil. Mercadante OA, Caminhos da Sade Pblica no Brasil Rio de Janeiro: Editora Fiocruz, Jacobo Finkelman, 2002 235 313
15. Rodriguez Neto E, Sade: Promessas e Limites da Constituiço Rio de Janeiro: Editora Fiocruz 2003 22308531
16. Wilken PRC, Política de Sade no Brasil Rio de Janeiro: Editora H.P. Comunicaço; 2005 22308494
17. Health Systems and Services Profile: Brazil. Pan American Health Organization, Health Systems and Services Brasília, D.F.: PAHO 2008
18. Salud Colombia, La Reforma de la Seguridad Social en Salud Colombia Salud Colombia. [Cited: April 12, 2009] [ http://www.saludcolombia.com/actual/ lareform.htm ]
19. Anlisis Comparado de los Sistemas de Salud de la Regián Andina y El Caribe. Gámez-Camelo D, Rev salud pblica 2005 7 3 305 316
20. Gonzlez-Rossetti A Bossert TJ, Enhancing the Political Feasibility of Health Reform: A Comparative Analysis of Chile, Colombia, and Mexico Washington, D.C.: USAID; 2000
21. Colombia: SHI with Managed Competition to Improve Health Care Delivery. Pinto D Hsiao WC, Social Health Insurance for Developing Nations WorldBank, Hsiao WC, Fraker A. Washington, D.C, 2007 105 132
22. Evaluacián de la descentralizacián de la salud y la reforma de la Seguridad Social en Colombia. Jaramillo I, Gaceta Sanitaria 2002 16 48 53 11841755
23. Reforma sanitaria, equidad y derecho a la salud en Colombia. Hernndez M, Cadernos de Sade Pblica 2002 18 991 1001
24. A framework for assessing the performance of health systems. Murray C Frenk J, Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2000 78 717 731 10916909 (Pubitemid 30489588)
25. Measuring disparities in health: methods and indicators. Anand S Diderichsen F Evans T Shkolnikov VM, Wirth M, Challenging Inequities in Health: From Ethics to Action Oxford: Oxford University Press, Evans T et al, 2001 49 65
26. Global health inequalities: an international comparison. Ruger JP, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2006 60 928 936 10.1136/jech.2005.041954 17053281 (Pubitemid 44690081)
27. Benchmarks of fairness for health care reform: a policy tool for developing countries. Daniels N Bryant J, Castano RA Dantes OG, Khan KS Pannarunothai S, Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2000 78 740 750 10916911 (Pubitemid 30489590)
28. CEPALSTAT. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Santiago de Chile: ECLAC; 2008. [Cited: December 15, 2008.] [ http://www.cepal.cl/estadisticas/bases/default.asp?idioma = IN ]
29. Pan American Health Organization, Analysis of Health Sector Reforms: Region of the Americas Washington, D.C.: PAHO; 2004
30. Eqüidade e reforma setorial na América Latina: um debate necessrio. Almeida C, Cadernos de Sade Pblica 2002 18 Suppl 23 36
31. Céspedes-Londõo JE Jaramillo-Pérez I Castão-Yepes RA, Impacto de la reforma del sistema de seguridad social sobre la equidad en los servicios de salud en Colombia Cadernos de Sade Pblica 2002 18 4 1003 1024
32. Health sector reform in Brazil: a case study of inequity. Almeida C Travassos C, Porto S Labra ME, International Journal of Health Services 2000 30 1 129 162 10.2190/NDGW-C2DP-GNF8-HEW8 10707303 (Pubitemid 30127076)
33. Ministry of Health of Brazil, Caminhos do direito sade no Brasil Brasília: Editora do Ministério da Sade; 2007
34. Sistema nico de Sade 20 anos: avanços e dilemas de um processo em construço. Silva SF, Sade em Debate 2009 33 38 46 22308531
35. Pan American Health Organization, Analysis of Health Sector Reforms in the Andean Countries Washington, D.C.: PAHO; 2002
36. PAC Sade - Mais Sade - Direito de Todos. Ministry of Health of Brazil, [Cited: April 18, 2009.] [ http://bvsms.saude.gov.br/bvs/pacsaude/programa.php ]
37. Sub-national assessment of inequality trends in neonatal and child mortality in Brazil. Sousa A Hill K Dal Poz MR, International Journal for Equity in Health 2010 9 21 10.1186/1475-9276-9-21 20815875
38. Observatorio Legislativo. Instituto de Ciencia Política, Instituto de Ciencia Politica. [Cited: April 12, 2009.] [ http://www.icpcolombia.org/ archivos/observatorio/boletin-112 ]
39. Bridging the divide: global lessons from evidence-based health policy in Mexico. Frenk J, Lancet 2006 368 954 961 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69376-8 16962886 (Pubitemid 44331388)