منابع مشابه
Decentralization and equity of resource allocation in Chile.
Editor — We wish to comment on the Chilean situation, as discussed in the paper “Decentralization and equity of resource allocation in Colombia and Chile” by Bossert et al (1). The figures presented in Table 2 of their paper (1) show a large difference in local municipal-level expenditure on primary health care (per capita). We found a similar pattern in our more recent review (2). Our study fo...
متن کاملDecentralization and equity of resource allocation: evidence from Colombia and Chile.
OBJECTIVE To investigate the relation between decentralization and equity of resource allocation in Colombia and Chile. METHODS The "decision space" approach and analysis of expenditures and utilization rates were used to provide a comparative analysis of decentralization of the health systems of Colombia and Chile. FINDINGS Evidence from Colombia and Chile suggests that decentralization, u...
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Decentralization is commonly championed as a means for achieving equity. To date, however, there has been little discussion of the mechanisms underlying this relationship, and several of the few empirical investigations that have addressed the topic have found the converse; that decentralization has exacerbated inequalities. This article examines the performance and equity in financing of the H...
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In this paper we analyze the degree of equity in access to the public health care system in the Province of Buenos Aires (Argentina). Through a quantitative retrospective study, we analyze the inequalities in the distribution of the total public health expenditure per capita. This variable is used as a proxy for the ability of the inhabitants of each jurisdiction to access health care services....
متن کاملCentralization and decentralization: Theories and Models
The questions of centralization and decentralization arise in every polity. The constitution or the practice or both have to settle how much of policy making is to be decided by the central government and by component bodies. By and large liberalism and decentralization tend to go together while authoritarianism tends to be associated with centralization. The constitutional model which is gener...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: CEPAL Review
سال: 1992
ISSN: 1684-0348
DOI: 10.18356/15ff9343-en