Abstract

BERNAL, Oscar  and  BARBOSA, Samuel. Challenges of the right to health in the Colombian model. Salud pública Méx [online]. 2015, vol.57, n.5, pp.433-440. ISSN 0036-3634.

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.

Keywords : health system; health care reform; Colombia.

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