Financial protection is one of the objectives of health systems, which protects poor households from falling into poverty as a result of health care related expenses. Expanding prepayment schemes to the poor is difficult in developing countries because labor is largely informal. Providing health...

Insurance-based schemes for the financing of health care systems in developing countries face the structural challenge of labor-market informality. Neither community financing schemes nor supply-side subsidies seem to guarantee access to health care by the most vulnerable groups. But the...

The signing of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the governments of Colombia and the United States on 22 November 2006 has generated widespread expectations, both positive and negative, between most actors political and economic landscape of the country. Between expectations of negative...

In the midst of health care reform, Colombia has succeeded in increasing health insurance coverage and the quality of health care. In spite of this, efficiency continues to be a matter of concern, and small-area variations in health care are one of the plausible causes of such inefficiencies. In...

La financiación de los sistemas de salud en los países en desarrollo mediante esquemas de aseguramiento, presenta el desafío estructural de la informalidad de los mercados laborales. Ni el esquema de financiamiento comunitario ni el del subsidio a la oferta, parecen ofrecer una garantía de...

Financial protection is one of the objectives of health systems, which protects poor households from falling into poverty as a result of health care related expenses. Expanding prepayment schemes to the poor is difficult in developing countries because labor is largely informal. Providing health...

Un análisis a propósito de dos estudios sobre el impacto del TLC en los precios de los medicamentos en Colombia.

El reconocimiento de los derechos sociales, económicos y culturales (DESC), es el segundo hito en materia de derechos humanos en el contexto internacional, después de la proclamación de los derechos civiles y políticos. Esta secuencia en el reconocimiento de los derechos humanos, ha llevado...