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Welcome to the Analysis of Health Systems and Services webpage, where you will find the latest information on the methodology for measurement, monitoring, evaluation and strategic analysis of health systems and services throughout the region of the Americas.
Areas of Work:
Health Systems Country Profiles
This section provides a structured analysis of each health system within each country of the region of the Americas, including design and functions. Technical guidelines were used for the preparation of each health system profile. These informative documents are updated continuously to assure current and relevant information.
This section provides information on the methodology, instruments and country reports related to the Essential Public Health Functions. PAHO, through the Public Health in the Americas Initiative, defined eleven Essential Public Health Functions necessary to strengthen public health practice, and developed a methodology that allows countries to evaluate their public health capacity.
Equity in Access and Utilization of Health Services (EquiLAC)
The Equilac project provides a systematic analysis of equity in health systems using data from national surveys. The project promotes the assessment of the evolution and sources of health care inequalities within and across countries. The first set of studies provides an analysis of equity in health and health care utilization over time. Future studies will include analysis of equity in financing, expenditures, public subsidies, health outcomes (infant mortality, under five mortality, stunting, underweight, life expectancy, maternal mortality, mortality of diabetes mellitus, etc) and supply and distribution of health services (physicians, nurses, hospitals, health centers, etc). Currently, there are six countries participating in this project: Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Jamaica, Mexico, and Peru.
Publications and documents
Articles
Rev Panam Public Health 33(2), 2013
Equity in Health Systems
Sistemas de notificación de incidentes en América Latina
