Mexico's Health System: More Comprehensive Reform Needed e1000130

[...]there is a high level of "bureaucratic rigidity" and a low level of state "managerial capacity." [...]what complementary services, such as transportation, translation, or additional training, are needed to make public services accessible to those who need them most (rural po...

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Published inPLoS medicine Vol. 6; no. 8
Main Author Lakin, Jason
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published San Francisco Public Library of Science 01.08.2009
Subjects
Competition
Decentralization
Efficiency
Health care policy
Health services
Hospitals
Labor relations
Private sector
Reforms
Tax reform
User fees
Mexico
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Summary:[...]there is a high level of "bureaucratic rigidity" and a low level of state "managerial capacity." [...]what complementary services, such as transportation, translation, or additional training, are needed to make public services accessible to those who need them most (rural poor, indigenous, etc.)? [...]how should quality and financing issues in the rest of the health system, primarily IMSS, be resolved?
ISSN:1549-1277
1549-1676
DOI:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000130