An estimated 130 million of the poor in Latin America and  the Caribbean currently have no access to health care. This book, a  joint publication with the Inter-American Foundation, is the  culmination of a two-year study conducted by Dr. Carmelo Mesa-Lago,  Distinguished Service Professor of Economics and Latin American  Studies at the University of Pittsburgh, and one of the most respected  scholars in his field. The publication reviews the problems confronted  by the health care systems in Latin America and the Caribbean during  the 1980s, analyzes their current and potential capacity to provide  adequate health protection for the poor, and offers recommendations  for the reform of health care in the Region with a view toward  increasing access for the poor.    In addition to the regional overview, in-depth analyses are included  of public- and private-sector efforts to extend health care coverage  in five countries-Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Peru,  and Uruguay-that were selected as representative of the diverse  geographic, economic, health, and social conditions found in the  Americas. This work marks a major contribution to the comparative  study of health care systems.

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