[Challenges of the right to health in the Colombian model]

Salud Publica Mex. 2015 Sep-Oct;57(5):433-40.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Health in Colombia is now a fundamental right that has to be provided and protected by the government. We evaluated the strengths and difficulties of the health system with respect to the statutory law enacted in February 2015, using methodologies for analysis of health systems proposed by the WHO and the World Bank. The challenges include the fragmentation and specialization of services, access barriers and incentives that are not aligned with the quality, weak governance, multiple actors with little coordination and information system that does not measure results. The government needs to find a necessary social agreement, a balance between the particular and the collective benefit.

MeSH terms

  • Colombia
  • Financing, Government
  • Government Agencies
  • Health Care Reform*
  • Health Personnel
  • Health Services Accessibility / economics
  • Health Services Accessibility / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Humans
  • Information Dissemination
  • Insurance Benefits
  • Motivation
  • Patient Freedom of Choice Laws
  • Patient Rights / legislation & jurisprudence*
  • Public Sector
  • Social Security / economics
  • Social Security / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Social Security / organization & administration
  • Universal Health Insurance / economics
  • Universal Health Insurance / legislation & jurisprudence