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Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Publica

versión impresa ISSN 1726-4634

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DE VOS, Pol  y  VAN DER STUYFT, Patrick. Sociopolitical determinants of international health policies. Rev. perú. med. exp. salud publica [online]. 2013, vol.30, n.2, pp.288-296. ISSN 1726-4634.

For decades, two opposing logics dominate the health policy debate: A comprehensive health care approach, with the 1978 Alma Ata Declaration as its cornerstone, and private competition logic, emphasizing the role of the private sector. We present this debate and its influence on international health policies in the context of changing global economic and sociopolitical power relations. The neoliberal approach is illustrated with Chile’s health sector reform in the 1980s and the Colombian reform since 1993. The comprehensive ‘public logic’ is shown through the social insurance models in Costa Rica and in Brazil, and through the national public health systems in Cuba since 1959, and in Nicaragua -during the 1980s. These experiences emphasize that health (care) systems do not naturally gravitate towards greater fairness and efficiency, but that they require deliberate policy decisions.

Palabras clave : Health public policy; Health care reform; Primary health care.

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