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dc.contributor.authorUrriola, Rafaeles_ES
dc.date.accessioned2015
dc.date.available2015
dc.date.issued2006es_ES
dc.identifier.citationUrriola, Rafael (2006) Chile: protección social de la salud. Rev Panam Salud Publica;20(4) 273-286,oct. 2006. Retrieved from http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892006000900013&lng=pt&nrm=iso&tlng=eses_ES
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892006000900013&lng=pt&nrm=iso&tlng=eses_ES
dc.identifier.urihttps://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/7918
dc.format.extenttabes_ES
dc.relation.ispartofseriesRev Panam Salud Publica;20(4),oct. 2006es_ES
dc.subjectAssistência à Saúdept_BR
dc.subjectPrevidência Sociales_ES
dc.subjectChilees_ES
dc.subjectAssistência à Saúdept_BR
dc.subjectCobertura Universal (Seguro Saúde)pt_BR
dc.titleChile: protección social de la saludes_ES
dc.title.alternativeChile: social protection in healthes_ES
dc.typeJournal articlesen_US
dc.rights.holderPan American Health Organizationen_US
dc.description.notesThis piece begins with a brief discussion of the concepts leading to the social right to health protection. Special emphasis is placed on the principle of social cohesion, which has influenced social health protection in European countries. ChileÆs experience in this field from the 1990s to the present is described, as exemplified in three dimensions. In the first place, social security coverage is presented as a means to achieve universal (horizontal) coverage. A discussion follows on vertical coverage, where the author identifies health problems for which insured persons have guaranteed rights of access to medical care. This section describes available emergency care, primary health care, and the special plan for Universal Access to Explicit Guarantees (Acceso Universal de Garantías Explícitas de salud, or AUGE). Thirdly, the discussion covers the funding sources supporting the Chilean health care system: Government subsidies, contributions to social security, and out-of-pocket disbursements for private care. ChileÆs public health system has various special programs. One of them is catastrophic insurance, which covers 100 percent of the care needed for complex and very costly treatments. Older persons (over 65) have coverage for 100 percent of the cost of eyeglasses and hearing aids, and for 50 percent of the cost of home care. If life expectancy is an appropriate indicator of health system results, it is worth noting that Chile and the United States of America have both achieved a life expectancy of 77 years, even though Chile spends only 5.9 percent of its gross domestic product on health care, as compared to the 15 percent spent by the United States.(AU)en_US


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