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Table 1 Health Systems characteristics of five Latin American countries

From: Breast cancer policy in Latin America: account of achievements and challenges in five countries

Country

Total Population (thousands)

Health coverage(a)

Health systems type(a)

National health expenditure as a % of GDP

Physicians per 10,000 pop.

Public

Social security

Private

Public

Private

Argentina

41,119

30.2 %

60.8 %

9 %

Fragmented

6.2

3.2

Not available

Brasil

198,361

75 %

0 %

25 %

Unified

3.1

4.1

15.1

Colombia

47,551

Contributory regime: 39.7 %

Without insurance 4.3 %

Segmented and articulated

3.5

1.5

16.5

Subsidized regime: 51.4 %

Special regimes: 4.6 %

Mexico

116,147

36.6 %(b)

36.8 %(b)

0.44 %(b) and without insurance

25.43 %

Segmented, not articulated

3.0

3.1

22

Venezuela (Boliviarian Republic of)

29,891

Not available

17.5 %(c)

11.7 %(c) without insurance

68 %

Segmented, not articulated

Not available

2.4

Not available

  1. Source: Panamerican Health Organization (PAHO). Health situation in the Americas. Basic Indicators 2012. Available on: http://ais.paho.org/chi/brochures/2012/BI_2012_ENG.pdf
  2. aPan American Health Organization. Health in the Americas: 2012 Edition. Regional Outlook and Country Profiles. Washington, DC: PAHO, 2012
  3. bGutiérrez JP, Hernández-Ávila M. Health protection coverage in Mexico and profile of unprotected population, 2000–2012. Salud Publica Mex 2013:55 suppl 2:S83–S90
  4. cBonvecchio A, Becerril-Montekio V, Carriedo-Lutzenkirchen A, Landaeta-Jiménez M. The health system of Venezuela. Salud Publica Mex 2011;53 suppl 2:S275–S286