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Chile is an attractive case study because of the deep political changes that it underwent over a short period of time: from a universal health service (60s), through a neoliberal reform (70s) and onto a series of legislative reforms (80s–90s). This article aims to explore and assess the evolution of health outcomes, equity, and utilization in Chile through the last period of these reforms (1990–2015).

Standardized health equity analysis.

We conducted a standardized economic analysis on health equity and healthcare utilization using the ADePT software (by the World Bank) and using data from the Chilean National Socio-economic Survey. We evaluated trends of health equity and examined concentration curves of health utilization of healthcare services and health outcomes such as children/elder/pregnant nutritional status, self-reported health, and physical limitations.

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