Universal Health Coverage and Litigation in Latin America

In recent years, several middle-income Latin American countries have seen a steep increase in the number of cases litigating access to curative services and inputs. A renewed judicial approach to the enforcement of the right to health, the expansion of health coverage, a more demanding public interest, an increased prevalence of non communicable diseases and a limited capacity for fair and solid benefit basket design lie at the basis of this phenomenon. Using an interdisciplinary approach and evidence from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Peru, and Uruguay, this paper examines this complex phenomenon and outlines some of its roots and impacts. It also argues for the need to incorporate a rights-based approach to health policy as a foundation to societal efforts to achieve universal health coverage.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Iunes, Roberto, Cubillos-Turriago, Leonardo, Escobar, Maria-Luisa
Format:	Brief biblioteca
Language:	en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012-07
Subjects:	access to health services, access to services, Aging, communicable diseases, curative health care, Determinants of Health, diabetes, discretionary authority, drugs, environmental health, financial impact, financial incentives, financial resources, health authorities, health care, HEALTH COVERAGE, Health Inequalities, health needs, health outcomes, health policies, health policy, health resources, health sector, health services, health system, health systems, human development, human rights, impact on health outcomes, income, information systems, insurance, intervention, judicial system, low income, medical malpractice, medical technologies, Medicines, neighborhoods, Pharmaceutical policies, physician, pollution, public health, public policies, social policy, Social Security, social services, socioeconomic factors,
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13072
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