Decentralizing health services in Mexico : a case study in state reform /

Decentralizing health services in Mexico : a case study in state reform / edited by Núria Homedes and Antonio Ugalde. - La Jolla, Calif. : Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, UCSD, c2006. - xvii, 332 p. ; 23 cm. - U.S.-Mexico contemporary perspectives series ; 25 .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Decentralization: theory and history. Decentralization: the long road from theory to practice / Antonio Ugalde and Núria Homedes. Decentralization of health services in Mexico: a historical review / Núria Homedes and Antonio Ugalde -- The first attempt, 1983-1988. Decentralizing health services: formulation, implementation, and results / Miguel González-Block, René Leyva, "Scar" Zapata, Ricardo Loewe, and Javier Alag"n. Federalist flirtations: the politics and execution of health services, decentralization for the uninsured in Mexico, 19851995/ Anne-Emanuelle Birn -- Trying again, 1994-2004: case studies from five states "decentralized" : Baja California Sur 1996-2000 / Lucila Olvera Santana. The slow and difficult institutionalization of health care reform in Sonora, 1982-2000 -- Raquel Abrantes Pégo. Guanajuato: invisible results / Sofía Arjonilla Alday. Nuevo León and Tamaulipas: opening and closing a window of opportunity / Núria Homedes and Antonio Ugalde. Decentralization at the health district level in Nuevo León / Núria Homedes and Antonio Ugalde. Conclusions / Núria Homedes and Antonio Ugalde.

1878367560 (pbk.) 9781878367563 (pbk.) 1878367579 (cloth) 9781878367570 (cloth)

2006012427

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Health services administration--Mexico.
Health care reform--Mexico.
Public health--Mexico.
Public Health Administration--Mexico.
Health Care Reform--Mexico.
Health Services Administration--Mexico.
Servicos de sáude (administracáo)--México.
Reforma dos servicos de sáude--México.
Descentralizacáo administrativa--México.

RA395.M6 / D43 2006

362.1/04250972

2006 K-160 WA 540 DM4 / D292 2006