Gaps in primary care and health system performance in six latin American and Caribbean countries

Health Affairs

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1513-1521

  Macinko, James ^a,b   Guanais, Frederico C ^c   Mullachery, Pricila ^d   Jimenez, Geronimo ^e  

^a Department of Health Policy and Management ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Inter American Development Bank   (Peru)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLOMBIA; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; EL SALVADOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; JAMAICA; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PANAMA; PERCEPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL SECURITY; CARIBBEAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CARIBBEAN REGION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84982273021     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2015.1366     Document Type: Article

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