Los desafíos del sistema público de salud en Argentina de cara al futuro: cobertura y financiamiento

Calabria, Alejandro A. and Rottenschweiler, Sergio (2015): Los desafíos del sistema público de salud en Argentina de cara al futuro: cobertura y financiamiento.

Abstract

The health system in Argentina is characterized by its fragmentation and multiplicity of actors, affecting the coverage and quality of the provision, despite having a level of health spending that is not far from that of developed countries. In this context, the question is how to improve the quality of services through a reallocation of health expenditure. Additionally, the demographic change will have an impact on public health expenditure, which generates the additional question of how to finance the increase in expenditures, within a framework of fiscal federalism where there are responsibilities at the federal and subnational levels.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• English Title: The challenges of public health system in Argentina for the future: coverage and financing
• Language: Spanish
• Keywords: salud; financiamiento; cobertura; cambio demográfico
• Subjects: H - Public Economics > H5 - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies > H51 - Government Expenditures and Health; I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I1 - Health > I18 - Government Policy ; Regulation ; Public Health; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J1 - Demographic Economics > J11 - Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts

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