Even President Jose Manuel Santos Calderón admitted as much in a 2011 declaration in
which he noted the mixedmarket model needed reform to ensure the “basic principle which …

WHO's 2000 World Health Report proclaimed the Colombian health care system the highest
performing system in Latin America. 1 This favorable assessment was based on Colombia's …

This book deals with an empirically based analysis of Colombia's achievements inside and
outside of the country. It also identifies challenges for the future in the areas of financing …

Objective Determine the patterns of consumption of high-cost drugs (HCD) during the 2005-
2010 period in a population of Colombian patients enrolled in the General System of Social …

Background Colombia is a 1,038,700-km2, lower-middle income country in the Latin
America and Caribbean Region of the World Bank. Its population numbers 41.2 million, with …

Health policy in Chile has mirrored the main changes in economic policy in recent times.
The post-WWII period witnessed both the expansion and centralisation of public healthcare …

By insuring more than 80 percent of its population, Colombia provides a valuable
opportunity to gather evidence on a hotly debated health policy issue. Results from three …

Colombia's 1991 Constitution reformed the country's public health care system. Per
constitutional mandate:(subsequently developed by Law 60/1993 and Law 100/1993),(1) …

Background Colombia is a lower-middle-income country located in northern South America,
bordering the Caribbean Sea between Panama and Venezuela and the northern Pacific …

With the enactment of Ley (Law) 100 in 1993, Colombia embarked on a bold reform of its
healthcare system. In spite of the implied managerial, economic and political challenges, the …