The 2019 crisis in Chile: fundamental change needed, not just technical fixes to the health system

Chile has been viewed as an exemplar of social and economic progress in Latin America, with its health system attracting considerable attention. Eruption of widespread civil disorder marred this image in 2019. We trace the evolution of Chilean health policy and place it in context with developments...

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Autores principales: Méndez, Claudio A., Greer, Scott L., McKee, Martin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Palgrave Macmillan UK 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7396457/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32747702
http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/s41271-020-00241-2
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description Chile has been viewed as an exemplar of social and economic progress in Latin America, with its health system attracting considerable attention. Eruption of widespread civil disorder marred this image in 2019. We trace the evolution of Chilean health policy and place it in context with developments in other sectors, pensions and education. We argue that much has been achieved, but further progress will necessitate politicians tackling the enduring power of elites that has prevented reform of a two-tier system enshrined in policies of the dictatorship.
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spelling pubmed-73964572020-08-03 The 2019 crisis in Chile: fundamental change needed, not just technical fixes to the health system Méndez, Claudio A. Greer, Scott L. McKee, Martin J Public Health Policy Viewpoint Chile has been viewed as an exemplar of social and economic progress in Latin America, with its health system attracting considerable attention. Eruption of widespread civil disorder marred this image in 2019. We trace the evolution of Chilean health policy and place it in context with developments in other sectors, pensions and education. We argue that much has been achieved, but further progress will necessitate politicians tackling the enduring power of elites that has prevented reform of a two-tier system enshrined in policies of the dictatorship. Palgrave Macmillan UK 2020-08-03 2020 /pmc/articles/PMC7396457/ /pubmed/32747702 http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/s41271-020-00241-2 Text en © Springer Nature Limited 2020 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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