Selected country experiences
Argentina
Although Argentina has a fairly well developed health system, in 1997 comparable countries such as Chile, Costa Rica or Uruguay, had a higher life expectancy and lower infant mortality rates despite spending less on health per capita. During the 1990s, Argentina went through major economic upheaval as well as a far-reaching health care reform. This included restructuring, decentralizing and liberalising its health financing mechanisms based on tax-funding and social health insurance.
The following paper explores that specific period of institutional changes in the health sector and its impact on health service utilization and catastrophic out-of-pocket payments.
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Health Financing in Argentina: An Empirical Study of Health Care Expenditure and Utilization
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Cavagnero E, Carrin G, Xu K, Aguilar-Rivera AM (2006). Health Financing in Argentina: An Empirical Study of Health Care Expenditure and Utilization. Innovations in Health Financing: Working Paper Series, No. 8. Fundación Mexicana para la Salud / Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. ISBN: 968-5661-00-6