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HMO Promotion and the Privatization of Health Care in Chile

Joseph L. Scarpaci
J Health Polit Policy Law (1987) 12 (3): 551–567.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/03616878-12-3-551
Published: 01 June 1987
... medical programs. The paper briefly compares privatization in Chile with the experiences of other countries, and specifically contrasts the restructuring of health services under military rule in Chile with those of Argentina and Uruguay. The paper concludes that the Chilean experience with HMOs...
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Health Care Privatization in Latin America: Comparing Divergent Privatization Approaches in Chile, Colombia, and Mexico

Arturo Vargas Bustamante, Claudio A. Méndez
J Health Polit Policy Law (2014) 39 (4): 841–886.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/03616878-2743063
Published: 01 August 2014
...Arturo Vargas Bustamante; Claudio A. Méndez Abstract The public-private mix in Chile, Colombia, and Mexico was very similar until the early 1980s when Chile undertook health care privatization as part of comprehensive health care reform. Since then, health care privatization policies have diverged...
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The Limits to Food and Beverage Industry Influence over Fiscal and Regulatory Policy in Latin America

Eduardo J. Gómez
J Health Polit Policy Law (2025) 50 (1): 69–101.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/03616878-11513070
Published: 01 February 2025
... addresses this issue by exploring why Mexico and Chile eventually saw such a decline in the food and beverage industry's influence, whereas a similar decline did not occur in Brazil. The article argues that in Mexico and Chile, these outcomes are explained by presidential, congressional, and bureaucratic...
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The Privatized State: Why Government Outsourcing of Public Powers Is Making Us Less Free

Leticia Morales
J Health Polit Policy Law (2023) 48 (2): 313–316.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/03616878-10234254
Published: 01 April 2023
... in recent history or is currently a contentious feature of the political environment. For instance, there are important lessons to learn from this book for Latin American countries today, as we are witnessing an increase of neoliberal governments and political reforms across the region. Ironically, Chile...
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Beyond the Sound of One Hand Clapping: Experiences in Six Countries Using Health Equity Research in Policy

Patricia M. Pittman
J Health Polit Policy Law (2006) 31 (1): 33–50.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/03616878-31-1-33
Published: 01 February 2006
..., South Africa, and Chile. Patterns in factors contributing to governments' interest in research included the role of domestic advocacy, interest in their international standing, and the existence of internal government champions. Strategies used by researchers to promote their findings included carefully...
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The Politics and Policies of Regulating Generics in Latin America: A Survey of Seventeen States

Cassandra M. Sweet
J Health Polit Policy Law (2017) 42 (3): 485–512.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/03616878-3802953
Published: 01 June 2017
... . Possas Cristina de Albuquerque . 2008 . “ Compulsory Licensing in the Real World: The Case of ARV Drugs in Brazil .” In Coriat , The Political Economy of HIV/AIDS , 150 – 69 . Roffe Pedro . 2004 . “ Bilateral Agreements and a TRIPS-Plus World: The Chile-USA Free Trade Agreement...
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The Meanings of Universal Health Care in Latin America

Mary A. Clark
J Health Polit Policy Law (2015) 40 (1): 221–226.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/03616878-2854795
Published: 01 February 2015
... not covered by the benefits packages of minimal universal programs, a gap expected to grow increasingly costly for patients. Copyright © 2015 by Duke University Press 2015 universalization Costa Rica Chile Latin America In December 2012, the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution...
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Surrogate Motherhood and the Politics of Reproduction

Elizabeth Mitchell Armstrong
J Health Polit Policy Law (2010) 35 (1): 134–138.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/03616878-2009-044
Published: 01 February 2010
.... The Gen- der Impact of Social Security Reform. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2008. 216 pp. $35.00 cloth. In the Gender Impact of Social Security Reform, Estelle James, Alejandra Cox Edwards, and Rebeca Wong explore public pension reforms in Chile, Argentina, and Mexico. All three...
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The Gender Impact of Social Security Reform

Pamela Herd
J Health Polit Policy Law (2010) 35 (1): 138–143.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/03616878-2009-045
Published: 01 February 2010
... Security Reform, Estelle James, Alejandra Cox Edwards, and Rebeca Wong explore public pension reforms in Chile, Argentina, and Mexico. All three countries moved from a largely defined- benefit public pension to a mix of mandatory private savings plans and publicly managed private retirement savings...
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The Health Care Revolution: From Medical Monopoly to Market Competition

Timothy Stoltzfus Jost
J Health Polit Policy Law (2010) 35 (1): 143–147.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/03616878-2009-046
Published: 01 February 2010
.... The Gen- der Impact of Social Security Reform. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2008. 216 pp. $35.00 cloth. In the Gender Impact of Social Security Reform, Estelle James, Alejandra Cox Edwards, and Rebeca Wong explore public pension reforms in Chile, Argentina, and Mexico. All three...
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Editor's Note

Colleen M. Grogan, Edward Alan Miller
J Health Polit Policy Law (2014) 39 (4): 711–716.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/03616878-2743003
Published: 01 August 2014
.... Arturo Vargas Bustamante and Claudio Méndez also look at reforms over time cross-nationally. In “Health Care Privatization in Latin America: Comparing Divergent Privatization Approaches in Chile, Colombia, and Mexico,” they analyze why the diffusion of privatization policies took different paths in Chile...
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Nurses and Hospitals—together, and Not

Mike Koetting
J Health Polit Policy Law (2010) 35 (1): 127–133.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/03616878-2009-043
Published: 01 February 2010
... cloth. In the Gender Impact of Social Security Reform, Estelle James, Alejandra Cox Edwards, and Rebeca Wong explore public pension reforms in Chile, Argentina, and Mexico. All three countries moved from a largely defined- benefit public pension to a mix of mandatory private savings plans...
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Different Countries, Different Needs: The Role of Private Health Insurance in Developing Countries

Denis Drechsler, Johannes Jütting
J Health Polit Policy Law (2007) 32 (3): 497–534.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/03616878-2007-012
Published: 01 June 2007
... (ILO), Universitas Programme, Geneva. Barrientos, A. 2000 . Getting Better after Neo-Liberalism: Shifts and Challenges of Health Policy in Chile. In Healthcare Reform and Poverty in Latin America , ed. P. Lloyd-Sherlock, 94 -111. London: Institute of Latin American Studies. Barrientos...
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Wealth, Health, and Democracy in East Asia and Latin America

Eduardo J. Gómez
J Health Polit Policy Law (2011) 36 (2): 353–356.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/03616878-1222748
Published: 01 April 2011
... Wealth, Health, and Democracy in East Asia and Latin America provides an excellent account of why Costa Rica, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Thai- land, South Korea, Taiwan, and Indonesia have varied in their ability to reduce infant mortality. In brief, McGuire claims that it was not the nations...
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Health Care in World Cities: New York, Paris, and London

Howard A. Palley
J Health Polit Policy Law (2011) 36 (2): 356–360.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/03616878-1222757
Published: 01 April 2011
... of why Costa Rica, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Thai- land, South Korea, Taiwan, and Indonesia have varied in their ability to reduce infant mortality. In brief, McGuire claims that it was not the nations’ wealth — that is, their level of GDP (gross domestic product) and domestic spending...
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Gender, Families and Eldercare

Phyllis H. Mutschler
J Health Polit Policy Law (1993) 18 (4): 1005–1008.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/03616878-18-4-1005
Published: 01 August 1993
... for Illinois. Chicago: University of Chicago, Center for Urban Research and Policy Studies, 1992. 326 pp. $14.95 paper. In the comments accompanying the introduction of his administration’s health reform plan in January, 1993, Florida governor Lawton Chiles (D) expressed a sentiment that is almost...
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Health Development and Political Policy: The Lesson of Cuba

Milton I. Roemer
J Health Polit Policy Law (1980) 4 (4): 570–580.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/03616878-4-4-570
Published: 01 August 1980
... carried out in the 1950s and I %Os, and contained information on only four developing countries (Chile, Ceylon, Kenya, and Tanganyika).15 In these studies it was found that in developing (poor) countries, not only were total health expenditures relatively small, but they were also a lower...
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Paying for Health Care: Public Policy Choices for Illinois

Howard M. Leichter
J Health Polit Policy Law (1993) 18 (4): 1008–1011.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/03616878-18-4-1008
Published: 01 August 1993
... reform plan in January, 1993, Florida governor Lawton Chiles (D) expressed a sentiment that is almost certainly shared by his forty-nine col- leagues. “The states,” said the governor, “cannot wait.” Over the last decade the states have staggered under the burden of escalating health care...
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The Second Sickness: Contradictions of Capitalist Health Care

Sylvia Tesh
J Health Polit Policy Law (1984) 9 (2): 336–339.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/03616878-9-2-336
Published: 01 April 1984
... chapter in teaching. In addition, the translation into English of Book Reviews 339 excerpts from Allende’ s book La Realidad Medico-Social Chileno is especially welcome. The second comparative chapter features Cuba’s and Chile’s post-revolutionary...
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The American Blood Supply

Jeffrey M. Prottas
J Health Polit Policy Law (1984) 9 (2): 339–342.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/03616878-9-2-339
Published: 01 April 1984
... Reviews 339 excerpts from Allende’ s book La Realidad Medico-Social Chileno is especially welcome. The second comparative chapter features Cuba’s and Chile’s post-revolutionary health care systems. It is particularly noteworthy because Waitzkin uses the comparison to discuss policy...
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