Primary Medical Care in Chile

Accessibility under Military Rule

• Author(s): Joseph L. Scarpaci,
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Pre
• Pages: 208
• ISBN_10: 0822977117
  ISBN_13: 9780822977117
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / General , History / Latin America / South America , Political Science / Public Policy / Social Policy ,

Description:... Since Pinochet's regime assumed power in 1973, the Chilean public medical system has been incrementally disassembled in favor of private enterprise, modeled after U.S. HMOs. Scarpaci assembles data ranging from interviews with patients to income statements and balance sheets from the National Health Service System, National Health Fund, and National Statistics Institute to view the financial and cultural impediments imposed by the Pinochet system that have compromised and effectively limited health care accessibility for Chile's adult population.