Castano-Yepes, Ramon A. | 2002
- Author(s): Castano-Yepes, Ramon A.
- Publisher:
- Pages: 5--11
- Keywords: health economics, health policy, colombia
Colombia launched a health care reform based on social insurance as a means to reduce health care financing through out-of-pocket payments, and to reduce financial barriers to access. This paper analyzes the evolution of regressivity in out-of-pocket financing from 1984 to 1997.
Castaٌo, Ramَn and Zambrano, Andrés | 2007
- Author(s): Castaٌo, Ramَn and Zambrano, Andrés
- Publisher: Universidad del Rosario
- Pages: --
- Keywords: health economics, health insurance, poverty, colombia
This study estimates the effect of a government-subsidized health insurance scheme (SHI) adopted by the Colombian government on out-of-pocket expenses by the poor that are currently uninsured, if they were enrolled in the SHI.
Castelli, Francesco | 2010
- Author(s): Castelli, Francesco
- Publisher: National center for biotechnology information (NCBI)]
- Pages: 28--32
- Keywords: aids, poverty, discrimination, health personnel
This brief article will focus on the problems and constraints that represent the main barriers to the effective daily implementation of any project to fight HIV/AIDS in resource-limited settings.
Castro-Leal, F. | 2000
- Author(s): Castro-Leal, F.
- Publisher: World health organization (WHO)
- Pages: 66--74
- Keywords: health economics, health care delivery, poverty, africa
This paper examines public spending on curative health care in serval African countries and finds that this spending favours mostly the better-off rather than the poor. It concludes that this targeting problem cannot be solved by adjusting the subsidy allocations.
Chalkidou, Kalipso and Levine, Ruth and Dillon, Andrew | 2010
- Author(s): Chalkidou, Kalipso and Levine, Ruth and Dillon, Andrew
- Publisher: British medical association (BMA)
- Pages: 284--286
- Keywords: health policy, health economics, poverty
Health spending in low income countries is too often driven by outside pressure rather than local evidence. This article reports on efforts to help them match spending to local needs.