Salud, sistemas de salud y pobreza: una síntesis de la literatura

John Scott

No DTE 414, Working Papers from CIDE, División de Economía

Abstract: This study presents a synthesis of the international literature on health systems and poverty, with the aim of contributing to inform health policy reforms in Mexico on the basis of the best current evidence available. The synthesis covers the performance of health systems in terms of equity and poverty, specific actions to reduce health inequities, health programs targeted at the poor, conceps and measures of population health, inequality in health, in access to health and in health financing. The first part of the paper reviews the international literature, while the second covers the literature on Mexico.

Keywords: health systems; poverty; health policy reforms; Mexico (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I15 I18 I38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 54 pages
Date: 2007-01
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