Oscar Villegas del Carpio

Biographic Data

ID7580904
NAMEOscar Villegas del Carpio
GIVEN NAMESOscar Villegas
FAMILY NAMEdel Carpio
SIGNATUREDEL CARPIO O V
AFFILIATIONSHealth Service Delivery Strengthening Department, Costa Rican Social Security Administration, Second Avenue between 5th and 7th Street, San José, 10105, Costa Rica
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS2
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT2
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
H-INDEX0

  • Strengthening data collection and use for quality improvement in primary care

    Open AccessMadeline Pesec, Lauren Spigel et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning2021

    Costa Rica is a bright spot of primary healthcare (PHC) performance, providing first-contact accessibility and continuous, comprehensive, coordinated, and patient-centered care to its citizens. Previous research hypothesized that strong data collection and use for quality improvement are central to Costa Rica’s success. Using qualitative data from 40 interviews with stakeholders across the Costa Rican healthcare system, this paper maps the variou…

  • Implementing sustainable primary healthcare reforms

    Open AccessLauren Spigel, Madeline Pesec et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2020

    As the world strives to achieve universal health coverage by 2030, countries must build robust healthcare systems founded on strong primary healthcare (PHC). In order to strengthen PHC, country governments need actionable guidance about how to implement health reform. Costa Rica is an example of a country that has taken concrete steps towards successfully improving PHC over the last two decades. In the 1990s, Costa Rica implemented three key refo…