One of the more common challenges for most of the social and economic systems are to achieve justice in distribution to the financial burden and protection against financial loss risks. (Behrman, 1985; Londoño y Frenk, 1997; OMS, 2000)

The health investment of a country in health and health status in their population has direct influence in the developing human capial, productivity and competitiveness standards, fight against poverty and social and economic development

Generating effective, fair, and sustainable financing is an important challenge facing modern health systems. In developing countries, financial protection for health tends to be segmented and fragmented. Access to insurance coverage is scarce and regressive. This lack of financial protection...

To assess the impact on fair health financing and household catastrophic health expenditures of the implementation of the Popular Health Insurance (Seguro Popular de Salud). Material and Methods. Data analyzed in this study come from the National Income and Expenditure Household Survey (Encuesta...

We studied the cost of health care for women with breast cancer treated at the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS, per its abbreviation in Spanish). Material and Methods: Using the Medical and Operative Information Systems of the IMSS, we constructed a cohort of patients diagnosed in 2002...

Compare patterns of catastrophic health expenditures in 12 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. Material and Methods: Prevalence of catastrophic expenses was estimated uniformly at the household level using household surveys. Two types of prevalence indicators were used based on...

Health and the health sector have a direct impact on economic growth and competitiveness. Moreover, the health sector is experiencing increasingly strong links with the economy, which reinforces the key role that health plays in the development of individuals and economies.On the one hand, in...