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. | |||
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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 |