Argentina - Provincial Maternal and Child Health Insurance : A Results-Based Financing Project at Work

During the early 2000s, Argentina's total expenditures on health, as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), placed it among the top-20 countries in the world in per capita health spending. For example, Argentina spent 8.9 percent of GDP in 2000 and 10.1 percent in 2006. The per-capita government expenditures on health were US$382 in 2000 and US$251 in 2006. Yet, despite sweeping healthcare reforms, relatively high public health expenditures compared to other countries in the region, and a restructuring of the country's insurance policy, quality and access to service remained a problem throughout the decade. Almost one third of the population lacked access to basic healthcare. Although the reforms improved access to healthcare for those employed in the formal sectors, they were not enough to provide access for the poor, and they lacked the necessary incentives to improve the quality of service provision. Moreover, the poor continued to be excluded from the health insurance system and had worse than average health indicators.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Cortez, Rafael
Format:	Brief biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2009-12
Subjects:	CAPITA HEALTH SPENDING, CAPITATION, CHILD CARE, CHILD HEALTH, CHILD MORTALITY, CHILD MORTALITY RATES, DEATHS, DELIVERY CARE, ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS, EXPENDITURES, EXTENDED SERVICES, FINANCIAL INCENTIVES, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, HEALTH CARE, HEALTH CARE CENTERS, HEALTH CARE FACILITIES, HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS, HEALTH CARE SERVICES, HEALTH CENTERS, HEALTH FACILITIES, HEALTH INDICATORS, HEALTH INSURANCE, HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE, HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM, HEALTH INSURANCE SYSTEM, HEALTH INTERVENTIONS, HEALTH OUTCOMES, HEALTH SECTOR, HEALTH SERVICE, HEALTH SERVICE PROVIDERS, HEALTH SERVICE PROVISION, HEALTH SPECIALIST, HEALTH SYSTEM, HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS, HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, HOSPITALS, IMMUNIZATION, INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS, INEQUITIES, INFANT, INFANT DEATHS, INFANT MORTALITY, INFANT MORTALITY RATE, LIVE BIRTHS, MATERNAL HEALTH, MATERNAL HEALTH CARE, MATERNAL MORTALITY, MATERNAL MORTALITY RATES, MEASLES, MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS, MINISTRY OF HEALTH, MORTALITY, NATIONAL GOALS, NATIONAL GOVERNMENT, NATIONAL HEALTH, POLICY FRAMEWORK, POPULATION GROUPS, PRE-NATAL CARE, PREGNANCY, PREGNANT WOMEN, PREMATURE BIRTH, PRENATAL CARE, PRIMARY HEALTH CARE, PROGRESS, PUBLIC AWARENESS, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC HEALTH CARE, PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITURES, QUALITY OF SERVICES, RADIO, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE, RESOURCE ALLOCATION, SERVICE DELIVERY, SERVICES TO WOMEN, SOCIAL INSURANCE, STDS, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, VULNERABLE POPULATIONS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/12/11472739/argentina-provincial-maternal-child-health-insurance-results-based-financing-project-work http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10218
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