Guatemala: The economic burden of illness and health system implications

Diana M. Bowser and Ajay Mahal

Health Policy, 2011, vol. 100, issue 2, 159-166

Abstract: To assess the economic burden of ill health in Guatemala, the characteristics of Guatemala's health system that potentially explain this burden, and to identify policies to help ameliorate it.

Keywords: Health expenditures; Poverty; Health systems; Guatemala (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2010.11.011

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