Efectos de la descentralización en el financiamiento de la salud en México

OBJECTIVE: To identify trends and to describe the impact of health care decentralization on health financing policies in Mexico. METHODS: The study population comprised four states selected according with six technical criteria: socioeconomic development, implementation of decentralization process, database on economical features, data consistency and reliability, and technical support from a multidisciplinary team. In-depth interviews with key personnel as well as analysis of technical reports of state budgets for health in the period 1990-2000 were conducted. RESULTS: The analysis model appl...