Assessing Latin America's progress toward achieving universal health coverage

Health Affairs

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1704-1712

  Wagstaff, Adam ^a   Dmytraczenko, Tania ^a   Almeida, Gisele ^b   Buisman, Leander ^c   Eozenou, Patrick Hoang Vu ^a   Bredenkamp, Caryn ^a   Cercone, James A ^d   Diaz, Yadira ^e   Maceira, Daniel ^f   Molina, Silvia ^d   Paraje, Guillermo ^g   Ruiz, Fernando ^h   Sarti, Flavia ⁱ   Scott, John ^j   Valdivia, Martin ^k   Werneck, Heitor ^l  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d Sanigest International   (Costa Rica)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^f State and Society Studies Center   (Argentina)

^g UNIVERSIDAD ADOLFO IBÁÑEZ   (Chile)

^h PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^j CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DOCENCIA ECONÓMICAS   (Mexico)

^k Group for the Analysis of Development Lima   (Peru)

^l National Regulatory Agency for Private Health Insurance and Plans ANS   (Brazil)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CHILD HEALTH; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MATERNAL CARE; PROTECTION; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INSURANCE; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84944457029     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2014.1453     Document Type: Article

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