Salud pública de México
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Salud pública de México · Sep 2001
[Learning from experience. Analysis of claims submitted to the National Commission of Medical Arbitration].
To describe claims brought to Comisión Nacional de Arbitraje Médico (Medical Arbitration National Commission or Conamed) against medical care services in Mexico City. Also, to identify deficiencies in the quality of care by institution and medical speciality and describe some characteristics of the plaintiffs. ⋯ Claims brought to Co-named are useful indicators of users' dissatisfaction. Our results are consistent with other papers about users' satisfaction and quality of health care.
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Salud pública de México · Sep 2001
Historical Article[Mystic, science, and politics in the development of health systems. The experience of Chile].
The combination of inspiration, science, and politics is a cornerstone precept for the common good of humanity, towards the fulfillment of social objectives. Based on this precept, this paper reviews core experiences of the Chilean Health Sector. Health sector key events taking place during the first half of the 20th century were the creation of the National Health Service and the development of mother and child healthcare policies. ⋯ In 1951 the reform was approved, to extend coverage to blue collar workers and their families; separate health provision from healthcare security; emphasize preventive pediatric care in mother's health, and reproductive health. The basic tenets of healthcare reform were the right to health, solidarity, and equity, as the pillars of policy-making and healthcare programming. The question of whether the evolution of social security in Chile has been consistent with the original healthcare reform tenets is raised by the author.