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Exclusion in Health in Latin America and the Caribbean.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Organization, Pan American Health.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medical policy.
- World health--Case studies.
- World health.
- Socioeconomic Factors.
- Health Services Accessibility.
- Population Characteristics.
- Delivery of Health Care.
- Sociology.
- Patient Care Management.
- Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation.
- Social Sciences.
- Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena.
- Health Services Administration.
- Medical Subjects:
- Socioeconomic Factors.
- Health Services Accessibility.
- Population Characteristics.
- Delivery of Health Care.
- Sociology.
- Patient Care Management.
- Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation.
- Social Sciences.
- Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena.
- Health Services Administration.
- Local Subjects:
- Medical policy.
- World health--Case studies.
- World health.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (142 p.)
- Edition:
- 4th ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington : Pan American Health Organization, 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book presents the results of studies conducted between 2001 and 2003 in six countries of the Region - the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Paraguay, and Peru - with the objective of characterizing and measuring exclusion in health. The study forms part of a joint initiative between the Pan American Health Organization and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, and its findings will be of great use to decision- and policymakers at all levels throughout the regional public health community.
- Contents:
- TABLE OF CONTENTS; FOREWORD; COLABORATORS; INTRODUCTION; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; CHAPTER 1: CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CHAPTER 2: METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK; CHAPTER 3: RESULTS BY COUNTRY; CHAPTER 4: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSIONS; BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES; ANNEX A: LIMITATIONS OF THE INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS OF THE INDICATORS; ANNEX B: COMPOSITE INDEX OF EXCLUSION; ANNEX C: METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF THE CALCULATION OF THE INDEX OF EXCLUSION (FGT2); ANNEX D: DESCOMPOSITION OF THE INDEX OF EXCLUSION
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786611637835
- 9781281637833
- 1281637831
- 9789275127131
- 9275127131
- OCLC:
- 476028420
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