[The health system of Guatemala]

Salud Publica Mex. 2011:53 Suppl 2:s197-208.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

This paper describes the health conditions in Guatemala and, in more detail, the characteristics of the Guatemalan health system, including its structure en coverage, its financial sources, the stewardship functions developed by the Ministry of Health, as well as the generation of health information and the development of research activities. It also discusses the recent efforts to extend coverage of essential health services, mostly to poor rural areas.The most recent innovations also discussed in this paper include the Program for the Expansion of Coverage of Essential Services, the Program to Expand Access to Essential Drugs and the agreements between the Ministry of Health and several non-governmental organizations to provide essential services in rural settings.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Community Participation / statistics & numerical data
  • Delivery of Health Care / economics
  • Delivery of Health Care / organization & administration*
  • Delivery of Health Care / statistics & numerical data
  • Demography
  • Financing, Organized / economics
  • Financing, Organized / organization & administration
  • Financing, Organized / statistics & numerical data
  • Government Programs / economics
  • Government Programs / organization & administration
  • Government Programs / statistics & numerical data
  • Guatemala
  • Health Expenditures / statistics & numerical data
  • Health Resources / organization & administration
  • Health Resources / statistics & numerical data
  • Health Resources / supply & distribution
  • Health Services / economics
  • Health Services / statistics & numerical data
  • Health Services Administration* / economics
  • Health Services Administration* / statistics & numerical data
  • Health Status Indicators
  • Humans
  • Insurance Benefits / economics
  • Insurance Benefits / statistics & numerical data
  • Insurance Coverage / economics
  • Insurance Coverage / statistics & numerical data
  • Insurance, Health / economics
  • Insurance, Health / organization & administration
  • Insurance, Health / statistics & numerical data
  • National Health Programs / economics
  • National Health Programs / organization & administration
  • National Health Programs / statistics & numerical data
  • Organizational Innovation
  • Private Sector / economics
  • Private Sector / organization & administration
  • Private Sector / statistics & numerical data
  • Quality Assurance, Health Care / organization & administration
  • Social Security / economics
  • Social Security / organization & administration
  • Social Security / statistics & numerical data
  • Vital Statistics