Health Care Policy in Argentina
Health Care Policy in Argentina
- Giuseppe M. MessinaGiuseppe M. MessinaInstituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas y Sociales Gioja, University of Buenos Aires
Summary
In Argentina, the provision of health care is divided into three components: a highly decentralized universal public sector, funded from general taxation; a constellation of compulsory collective insurance schemes, financed by contributions withdrawn from the salaries of workers in the formal labor market; and a system of private insurance companies used primarily by the middle and upper classes. Regarding the delivery of medical services, the configuration is mixed, as the weight of public and private providers is roughly equal. This complex structure, which derives from the historical development of particular institutions, produces high costs and unequal access to care according to a person’s geographical residence, occupational status, and purchasing power.
Subjects
- History of Southern Spanish America
- 1945–1991
- 1991 and After
- Social History
- Science, Technology, and Health
