Costa Rica case study : Primary health care achievements and challenges within the framework of the social health insurance : Logros y dificultades de la atención primaria de salud dentro del marco del seguro social de salud (Spanish)

The objective of this paper is to assess the key interventions Costa Rica has developed to expand health coverage for the poor and other vulnerable groups, with an emphasis on its approach to primary health care. Universal health coverage in Costa Rica is provided through a single national health insurance program. This program, which protects the poor without the pitfalls of a fragmented system, and the sustained policies that have enabled the building...
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Montenegro Torres,Fernando Xavier.

Costa Rica case study : Primary health care achievements and challenges within the framework of the social health insurance : Logros y dificultades de la atención primaria de salud dentro del marco del seguro social de salud (Spanish). Universal Health Coverage (UNICO) studies series ; no. 14 Washington, DC: World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/108141468026355618

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