Bibliographic citations
Gonzales, J., Mancilla, G. (2024). Desigualdades en el gasto de bolsillo en salud en Latinoamérica y el Caribe
entre los años 2000 y 2019 [Tesis, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC)]. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/673009
Gonzales, J., Mancilla, G. Desigualdades en el gasto de bolsillo en salud en Latinoamérica y el Caribe
entre los años 2000 y 2019 [Tesis]. PE: Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC); 2024. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/673009
@misc{renati/1297718,
title = "Desigualdades en el gasto de bolsillo en salud en Latinoamérica y el Caribe
entre los años 2000 y 2019",
author = "Mancilla Chang, Gabriela",
publisher = "Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC)",
year = "2024"
}
Introduction: Out-of-pocket spending on health is an indicator used in the study of public health to estimate the non-reimbursable expenditure made by people when using health services in public and private establishments. Objectives: Analyze inequalities in out-of-pocket spending according to the social stratifiers of Latin American countries and some Caribbean countries in the years 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015 and 2019. Methods: An international, observational ecological study of panel data from Latin American and Caribbean countries was carried out. Development indicators collected from the World Bank were used. “R Language” programming software was used for statistical analysis. The study population was divided by quartiles according to economic level and was related to the event variable, looking for gaps in absolute and relative inequality (Kuznets). Results: A statistically significant relationship was found between out-of-pocket health spending and current health spending, access to a source of drinking water and access to basic health services. Countries with higher current spending on health, greater access to sources of drinking water and basic health services demonstrated lower out-of-pocket spending on health. An upward trend was also found in current health spending in all the countries studied. Conclusions: There are inequalities in out-of-pocket health spending, with those countries with the greatest disadvantage being those with the highest out-of-pocket spending.
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