Background In rural settings where patients face significant structural barriers to accessing
healthcare services, the formal existence of government-provided health coverage does not …

OBJECTIVE: This study attempts to quantify the impact of the introduction of local second-
level health services on nonmedical costs (NMCs) for residents of the rural Ecuadorian …

Objectives To describe the strengths and weaknesses of two Mexican health care providers
for poor populations [Ministry of Health (MoH) and Social Security (SS)] in order to facilitate …

Objectives This paper assesses the impact of effective access on out-of-pocket health
payments and catastrophic health expenditure. Effective access cannot be attained unless …

Universal health coverage is a national priority in Mexico, with active efforts to expand public
healthcare system access, increase financial protection and improve quality of care. We …

Over the past three decades, many countries of Latin America and the Caribbean have
recognized health as a human right. Since the early 2000s, 46 million more people in the …

Despite important progress in financial protection with the last health reform implemented
since 2003 with Seguro Popular, effective access to health care in Mexico has not yet been …

Beginning in 1997, the government of Guatemala extended coverage of a package of basic
health services to 3 million people living in rural, impoverished, and primarily indigenous …

Health systems have been a crucial driver of progress in health and well-being in Latin
America and the Caribbean. Since 2000, large improvements in the coverage of skilled birth …

This article analyzes the magnitude and nature of socioeconomic differences in the
utilization of outpatient health care services in Peru. In particular, it explores the potential …