Throughout the Region of the Americas, the development of national health care systems providing universal access to health care services has been a major driving force of health sector reform initiatives, and it is the main objective of proposed changes to the way national health care systems are financed.

Since the early 1990’s the Pan American Health Organization has been preparing national health expenditure and financing estimates for countries in the Americas and promoting its use for policy making. PAHO’s technical cooperation in Health Accounts  / National Health Accounts.

Esta página pone a su disposición documentos relacionados a la metodología de estimación de los datos de Gasto en salud en América Latina y el Caribe de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud y publicaciones de la Organización en las que estos datos han sido diseminados.

The Area of Health Systems based on Primary Health Care (HSS) supports the activities of the Health Economics Units and Departments (HEU/HED) of the ministries of health and public health institutions of countries of Latin America and the Caribbean.

Meetings and workshops documentation from 2009 to 2012.

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