Investing in health is a whole-of-society commitment and a requirement for sustainable development. The links between health, development and economic growth have been well established with abundant evidence that demonstrates the benefits of increased health investment for sustainable human development, economic growth and population well-being.
However, health systems are under-funded and characterized by segmentation and fragmentation in financing and service provision, with inefficiencies in the allocation and use of limited resources. These problems result in poorer health outcomes and contribute to persistent poverty and inequities, with the greatest impact on populations in conditions of vulnerability.
This thematic series is published with the aim of contributing evidence and options towards the goal of increasing priority for health. The series includes articles on the relationship between public expenditure in health and economic growth in the Americas, trends on public expenditure in health and specific options in individual countries (Bolivia, Honduras and Peru), tobacco taxation in the Caribbean sub-region, and the role of National Health Accounts in countries’ decision-making processes, among others. The evidence presented in this series spanning from August 2018 to November 2018 is intended to open the door for discussion on how to address the challenges currently facing health systems financing using an innovative approach.
Investing in universal health in the Americas
Carissa F. Etienne
Editorial | PDF: https://doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2018.90 | Published 10 August 2018
Fiscal space for sustainable financing of health systems and universal health
Camilo Cid-Pedraza, Juan Pablo Pagano, Claudia Pescetto and Lorena Prieto
Overview l PDF: https://doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2019.318 | Translation published 26 September 2019
Fiscal space for Health in the Americas: is economic growth sufficient?
Camilo Cid Pedraza, Mauricio Matus-López and Ernesto Báscolo
Original research | PDF: https://doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2018.321 | Translation published 30 October 2019
Evaluation of fiscal space for health in Bolivia
Mauricio Matus-López, Desiderio Cansino Pozo, Camilo Cid Pedraza, Werner Valdés Romero
Original research | PDF: https://doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2019.316 | Translation published 26 September 2019
Health accounts from past to present for a political arithmetic
Magdalena Rathe, Patricia Hernández, Cornelis Van Mosseveld,Claudia Pescetto,and Nathalie Van de Maele
Special report | PDF: https://doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2018.89 | Published 21 September 2018
Fiscal space for health in Honduras
Lorena Prieto Toledo, Vilma Montañez Ginocchio and Camilo Cid-Pedraza
Original research | PDF: https://doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2018.8 | Published 18 October 2018
Determinants of out-of-pocket spending on health among the poor population served by public health services in Peru, 2010–2014
Margarita Petrera Pavone and Eduardo Jiménez Sánchez
Original research | PDF: https://doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2019.317 | Translation published 26 September 2019
Increased taxation on cigarettes in Grenada: potential effects on consumption and revenue
Althea La Foucade, Samuel Gabriel, Ewan Scott, Charmaine Metivier, Karl Theodore, Anton Cumberbatch, T. Alafia Samuels, Nigel Unwin, Christine Laptiste, and Stanley Lalta
Original research l PDF: https://doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2018.195 l Published 27 December 2018
An assessment of fiscal space for public health in Peru
Mauricio Matus-López, Lorena Prieto Toledo and Camilo Cid Pedraza
Original research | https://doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2019.315 | Translation published 26 September 2019
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Espacio fiscal para la salud en América Latina y el Caribe (2018)