Health system reform in mexico 4 evidence is good for your health system : policy reform to remedy catastrophic and impoverishing health spending in Mexico

• Published in: The Lancet (British edition) Vol. 368; no. 9549; pp. 1828 - 1841
• Main Authors: KNAUL, Felicia Marie, ARREOLA-ORNELAS, Héctor, MENDEZ-CARNIADO, Oscar, BRYSON-CAHN, Chloe, BAROFSKY, Jeremy, MAGUIRE, Rachel, MIRANDA, Martha, SESMA, Sergio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Lancet 18.11.2006; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Economic recovery; General aspects; Health care policy; Health insurance; Hospitals; Households; Medical sciences; Miscellaneous; Payroll taxes; Policy reform; Poverty; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Studies; Taxation; Central America; Mexico; America; Medicine; Health system; Health policy; Political aspect; Expenditure; Reform; Public health

Absence of financial protection in health is a recently diagnosed "disease" of health systems. The most obvious symptom is that families face economic ruin and poverty as a consequence of financing their health care. Mexico was one of the first countries to diagnose the problem, attribute...