Reforma de salud en Ecuador

Nunca más el derecho a la salud como un privilegio

Bibliographic Data

ID15533798
AuthorsMiguel Malo-Serrano (Ministerio de Salud Pública, corresponding author), Nicolás Malo-Corral
Year2014
Volume31
Issue4
Pages754-61
Publication date2014-12-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRevista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1726-4634 • E-ISSN: 1726-4642
PublisherNational Institute of Health of Peru (PUBLISHER • PE)
DOI10.17843/rpmesp.2014.314.130
PMID25597730
OpenAlexW2123966392
LanguageEN
Citations received12

The process of the health reform being experienced by Ecuador has had significant achievements because it occurs within the framework of a new Constitution of the Republic, which allowed the incorporation of historical social demands that arose from the criticism of neoliberalism in the restructure and modernization of the state. The backbone of the reform consists of three components: organization of a National Health System that overcomes the previous fragmentation and constitutes the Integral Public Health Network; development of policies to strengthen primary health care, articulating actions on the determinants of health, and finally, increasing funding to consolidate these changes. We conclude that challenges to the reform are related to the sustainability of the processes, financial sustainability of the system, greater activation of participatory mechanisms that enable citizen assessment of services and citizen empowerment regarding their right to health

Citizen journalism · Constitution · Criticism · Empowerment · Humanities · Modernization theory · Neoliberalism (international relations · Political science · Public health · Restructuring · Sustainability · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Public Administration · Public Health and Social Inequalities

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