A Comprehensive Analysis on the Healthcare Systems in Latin America
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2019-12-08
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Calderon, Melinda
Haque, Sarah
Gallagher, Matt
Jackson, Kelly
Khatry, Melissa
Solimano, Elena
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This comprehensive report summarizes and analyzes the current state of healthcare in Latin America, specifically in the countries of Mexico, Brazil, the Northern Triangle (El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras), the Andean Region (Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia) and the Rioplatense Region (Uruguay, and Argentina). Each country's healthcare system is examined in depth, in terms of health infrastructure, the healthcare providing industry, and the effects of healthcare on the countries' respective populations.
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Health systems , healthcare , Latin America , Brazil , Mexico , Northern Triangle , El Salvador , Guatemala , Honduras , Chile , Argentina , Peru , Ecuador hospitals , doctors , nurses , facilities