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What constitutes a just health services system and how should scarce resources be allocated?
(1990)Available in Spanish in Bol. Oficina Sanit. Panam 108(5/6), 1990 -
Smoking-attributable mortality, years of potential life lost, and direct health care costs for Puerto Rico, 1983
(1991)The authors report the impact of smoking upon health in Puerto Rico for the year 1983. Using a microcomputer spread-sheet program that calculates smoking-attributable disease impact, they estimated that 2,468 deaths were ... -
Modeling the HIV/ AIDS epidemic in the English speaking Caribbean
(1994)The study reported here examines the past and potential future impact of HIV/AIDS in 19 nations of the primarily English-speaking Caribbean. The authors use DemProj, a demographic projection model, to explore two different ... -
Research on patient compliance in developing countries
(1994)Patient compliance with health care provider advice is a subject of particular importance in developing countries, one that has not been sufficiently studied. This article begins by explaining why this type of research is ... -
Determinantes del gasto de bolsillo en salud de la población pobre atendida en servicios de salud públicos en Perú, 2010–2014
(2018-05)[RESUMEN]. Objetivo. El objetivo de este estudio fue averiguar qué factores afectan el gasto de bolsillo en servicios de salud prestados por el MINSA y los gobiernos regionales a la población en condiciones de pobreza ... -
Health accounts from past to present for a political arithmetic
(2018-06)[ABSTRACT]. This report traces the progressive expansion of health accounts (HA) to measure national health expenditures, from the first attempts in 1926 by the American Medical Association to the present day. Milestones ... -
Premature mortality from cardiovascular disease and diabetes in the Caribbean and associations with health care expenditure, 2001 – 2011
(2018-11)[ABSTRACT]. Objective. To examine the historical trends of premature death due to cardiovascular disease and diabetes mellitus (CVD-DM) in the Caribbean and to identify any associations between these trends and health care ... -
Out-of-pocket expenditures for HIV in the Dominican Republic: findings from a community-based participatory survey Claire
(2019-06)[ABSTRACT]. Objectives. The aim of this study was to estimate out-of-pocket expenditures incurred by individuals with HIV in the Dominican Republic. The study utilized different definitions and components for these ... -
Densidad de recurso humano y desigualdad en gastos en salud en países de las Américas
(2020-11-04)[RESUMEN]. Objetivo. Determinar existencia de desigualdad y gradiente en gastos de bolsillo, gasto público y gasto privado, entre países americanos estratificados según su densidad de recurso humano en salud (RHS). Métodos. ...
