Healthcare reform and poverty in Latin America
Most Latin American countries are now attempting the radical reform of their healthcare financing and delivery systems. In many cases, these reforms complement and contribute to broader neo-liberal o...
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07/12/2000
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Inglês
Economia, Healthcare Reform, Policy Evaluation, Equity, Health Services Accessibility^util
Eliminating health disparities
Present an overview of the underlying mechanisms by which the interaction of social and physical environments leads to health disparities. Address how social and physical environmental agents contri...
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07/12/2000
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Meio Social, Disparidades nos Níveis de Saúde, Physical environment, Measuring, Methods and Indicators, ly^utily^utily^utily^utily^utily^utily^util
G8 Okinawa Summit - Global Poverty Report
Poverty goes beyond lack of income. It encompasses economic, social, and governance dimensions. Economically, the poor are not only deprived of income and resources, but of opportunities. Markets and ...
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07/12/2000
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Pobreza, Desenvolvimento Econômico, Equity, Living Conditions
Jornadas Iguazu 2000
La Jornada tienen como meta congregar a personas e instituciones con experiencia e interés en el estudio de las bases económicas de los procesos de salud de la población; así como de promover el p...
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Espanhol
Equidade, Saúde, Desenvolvimento Humano, aécnicaécnicaécnica, Equidad en acceso de los servicios de salud^util
International comparison of health care systems using resource profiles
The most frequently used bases for comparing international health care resources are health care expenditures, measured either as a fraction of gross domestic product (GDP) or per capita.It distingui...
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06/12/2000
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Atenção à Saúde, 34003, Equity, Health Services Accessibility^util
The limits to demand for health care
It is difficult to justify the conventionally unfavorable forecasts of the relation between demand and supply in terms of overall epidemiological trends, as these are broadly favorable. Among the main...
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06/12/2000
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Epidemiologia, Indicadores de Serviços, Necessidades e Demandas de Serviços de Saúde, Equity, Health Services Accessibility^util
Latin America and the Caribbean reform and recovery
Most countries in Latin America and the Caribbean weathered the economic crises of the late 1990s better than expected, thanks to the policy reforms of the past two decades. Further reform is urgently...
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05/12/2000
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Inglês
Previdência Social, International Standards, ReformReform, Equity, Health Services Accessibility^util
A Health agenda
The World Health Organization (WHO) give great importance to the reduction of health inequality. In a new framework for the assessment of health system performance proposed by WHO, reducing health ine...
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05/12/2000
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Equidade, 32465, 51780, Advocacy
Globalization and poverty online debate
Contributors included academics, development professionals, economists and many concerned individuals, as well as several World Bank staff members. They discussed the impact of globalization of trad...
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05/12/2000
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Pobreza, Adjustment Policies, Trade, Development, Equity, Living Conditions, Equity, Health Services Accessibility^util
Do inequalities matter?
Inequalities in health do matter and that we have not reached the end of history.Dramatic as have been the advances in health this century in OECD countries, there is still a way to go. Taking the sim...
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04/12/2000
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50334, Disparidades nos Níveis de Saúde, Society, Equity, Living Conditions