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0190/2021 - Health systems reforms in Latin America: neoliberal influences and challenges to the Sustainable Development Goals
As reformas dos sistemas de saúde da América Latina: influências neoliberais e desafios aos Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável

Author:

• Leila Bernarda Donato Göttems - Gottems, L. B. D. - <leila.gottems@gmail.com, leila.gottems@uol.com.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2675-8085

Co-author(s):

• Luciano de Paula Camilo - Camilo, L. de P. - <lu_menurse@yahoo.com.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4005-7453
• Céline Mavrot - Mavrot, C. - <celine.mavrot@yale.edu>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9603-5790
• Maria de Lourdes Rollemberg Mollo - Mollo, M. de L. R. - <mlmollo@unb.br, mlmollo@icloud.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4303-6914


Abstract:

The characteristics of health system reforms in Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries, the evolution of public spending and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are analyzed. Neoliberal influences on the reforms and the possible consequences for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that succeeded them are discussed. Method: Comparative study of ed countries. Data extractedCEPALStat, Global Health Observatory and MDG Indicators platforms as wellthe Health in the Americas reports available in the Institutional Repository for Information Sharing of the Pan American Health Organization. Non-exhaustive literature review. Results: The reforms were divided into three periods: until 1990 a regulated national solidarity logic predominated;1990 to 2000 it moved towards a market competitive logic;2001 to 2015, it evolved towards public logic programs, maintaining competition between service providers. Public spending fluctuated and the MDG targets analyzed were not completely met. Conclusion: Changes in health systems followed the configurations of national states preached by neoliberalism, with market competitive logic, weakening the care system and the achievement of the SDGs.

Keywords:

Health System, Health Reform, Latin America; Millennium Development Goals

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Gottems, L. B. D., Camilo, L. de P., Mavrot, C., Mollo, M. de L. R.. Health systems reforms in Latin America: neoliberal influences and challenges to the Sustainable Development Goals. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2021/Jun). [Citado em 22/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/health-systems-reforms-in-latin-america-neoliberal-influences-and-challenges-to-the-sustainable-development-goals/18089?id=18089&id=18089



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