The demand for health care in Latin America : lessons from the Dominican Republic and El Salvador

Historically, less developed countries have relied heavily on their governments for the provision and financing of health care services. A common explanation for this is the widely-shared principle that health care is a right of every human being and that, in order to ensure that this right is exerc...

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Main Author: Bitran, Ricardo A
Corporate Author: Banco Mundial. Instituto de Desarrollo Económico
Other Authors: McInnes, D Keith
Format: Book
Published: Washington, D.C. World Bank. Economic Development Institute 1993
Series:EDI seminar paper no. 46
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505 |a Foreword -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Principles of health care demand -- 3. Health care utilization patterns -- 4. Comparative analysis of demand determinants in Santo Domingo and San Salvador -- 5. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Appendix A -- Appendix B: Methods and results from the econometric analysis od demand -- List of tables -- List of figures. 
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