Decentralization of health systems in Latin America
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Decentralization of health systems in Latin America.
Decentralization is often a major part of health reform policies. However, there have been few attempts to comparatively study the degree of decentralization and the effects of decentralization on equity of allocations to health, so we do not know how best to implement this reform. This article uses an innovative comparative analysis of the "decision space" that was allowed to local municipalit...
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
سال: 2000
ISSN: 1020-4989
DOI: 10.1590/s1020-49892000000700011