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Health at a Glance: Latin America and the Caribbean 2020 / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and The World Bank.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social issues, migration, health.
- Antigua and Barbuda.
- Argentina.
- Bahamas.
- Barbados.
- Belize.
- Bolivia.
- Brazil.
- Chile.
- Colombia.
- Costa Rica.
- Cuba.
- Dominica.
- Dominican Republic.
- Ecuador.
- El Salvador.
- Grenada.
- Guatemala.
- Guyana.
- Haiti.
- Honduras.
- Jamaica.
- Mexico.
- Nicaragua.
- Panama.
- Paraguay.
- Saint Kitts and Nevis.
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
- Suriname.
- Trinidad and Tobago.
- Uruguay.
- Venezuela.
- Local Subjects:
- Antigua and Barbuda.
- Argentina.
- Bahamas.
- Barbados.
- Belize.
- Bolivia.
- Brazil.
- Chile.
- Colombia.
- Costa Rica.
- Cuba.
- Dominica.
- Dominican Republic.
- Ecuador.
- El Salvador.
- Grenada.
- Guatemala.
- Guyana.
- Haiti.
- Honduras.
- Jamaica.
- Mexico.
- Nicaragua.
- Panama.
- Paraguay.
- Saint Kitts and Nevis.
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
- Suriname.
- Trinidad and Tobago.
- Uruguay.
- Venezuela.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (134 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Paris : OECD Publishing, 2020.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Health at a Glance: Latin America and the Caribbean 2020 presents key indicators on health and health systems in 33 Latin America and the Caribbean countries. This first Health at a Glance publication to cover the Latin America and the Caribbean region was prepared jointly by OECD and the World Bank. Analysis is based on the latest comparable data across almost 100 indicators including equity, health status, determinants of health, health care resources and utilisation, health expenditure and financing, and quality of care. The editorial discusses the main challenges for the region brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, such as managing the outbreak as well as mobilising adequate resources and using them efficiently to ensure an effective response to the epidemic. An initial chapter summarises the comparative performance of countries before the crisis, followed by a special chapter about addressing wasteful health spending that is either ineffective or does not lead to improvement in health outcomes so that to direct saved resources where they are urgently needed.
- Contents:
- Maternal mortality
- Financing of health care from government and compulsory health insurance schemes
- Hospital care
- Universal health coverage and country dashboards
- Alcohol
- Diet
- Drug use
- HIV/AIDS
- Child malnutrition
- Childhood vaccination programmes
- Ageing
- Family planning
- Doctors and nurses
- Physical activity
- Infant and young child feeding
- Cancer survival
- Mortality from injuries
- In-hospital mortality following acute myocardial infarction and stroke
- Mortality from cancer
- Financial protection
- Financing of health care from households' out-of-pocket payments, voluntary payment schemes and external resources
- Pregnancy and birth
- Adolescent health
- Tuberculosis
- Life expectancy at birth
- Infant mortality
- Blood glucose and blood pressure
- Diabetes
- Preterm birth and low birth weight
- Infant and child health care
- Tobacco
- Under age 5 mortality
- Health expenditure per capita and in relation to GDP
- Editorial
- Avoidable hospital admissions
- Mosquito borne diseases
- Executive summary
- Reader's guide
- Road safety
- Medical technologies
- Mortality from cardiovascular diseases
- Mortality from all causes
- Mental health care
- Consultations with doctors
- Identifying and tackling wasteful spending in Latin American and Caribbean health systems
- Foreword
- Water and sanitation
- Overweight and obese adults.
- Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed May 1, 2017).
- ISBN:
- 9789264835245
- 9789264679702
- 9789264779716
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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