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It provides comparable evidence on health status and its determinants, health care resources and activities, health expenditure and financing, and health care quality, supported by selected health inequality indicators. The first LAC regional edition is jointly prepared by the OECD Health Division and the World Bank, using data supplied directly by countries or by international partners.","Health at a Glance: Latin America and the Caribbean 2020  \nHealth at a Glance: Latin America and the Caribbean  \n2020  \nThis work is published under the responsibility of the Secretary-General of the OECD. The opinions expressed and arguments employed herein are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official views of the OECD, its member countries, the World Bank, its Board of Executive Directors, or of the governments they represent.  \nThis document, as well as any data and map included herein, are without prejudice to the status of or sovereignty over any territory, to the delimitation of international frontiers and boundaries and to the name of any territory, city or area.  \nThe names of countries and territories used in this joint publication follow the practice of the OECD.  \nPlease cite this publication as:  \nOECD/The World Bank (2020), Health ata Glance: LatinAmerica and the Caribbean 2020 , OECD Publishing, Paris, [https://doi.org/10.1787/6089164f-en](https://doi.org/10.1787/6089164f-en).  \nISBN 978-92-64-69289-3 (print)  \nISBN 978-92-64-83524-5 (pdf)  \nPhoto credits: Cover © [Tati Nova photo Mexico/Shutterstock.com](Tati Nova photo Mexico/Shutterstock.com).  \n[Corrigendato publications may be found on line at:](Corrigendato publications may be found on line at: www.oecd.org/about/publishing/corrigenda.htm)[ www.oecd.org/about/publishing/corrigenda.htm](Corrigendato publications may be found on line at: www.oecd.org/about/publishing/corrigenda.htm).© OECD/The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank 2020  \nThis Work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives 3.0 IGO license (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO) .  \nForeword  \nHealth at a Glance: Latin America and the Caribbean 2020 compares key indicators for population health and health systems across the 33 LAC countries. It builds on the format used in other editions of Health at a Glance, including the versions for the OECD member and partner countries, and the regional editions for Asia-Pacific and Europe. It presents comparable data on health status and its determinants, health care resources and activities, health expenditure and financing, and health care quality, along with selected health inequality indicators.  \nThis is the first LAC regional edition of Health at a Glance and was prepared jointly by the OECD Health Division in the Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs and the World Bank, led by Cristian A. Herrera from the OECD Health Division and Tomás Plaza-Reneses from the World Bank, with close collaboration from Gabriel Di Paolantonio from the OECD Health Division.  \nThe production of Health at a Glance: Latin America and the Caribbean 2020 would not have been possible without the contribution from LAC countries that either provided data directly to the OECD orthe World Bank, or supplied the data contained in this publication to other international organisations, such as the Pan American Health Organisation or the World Health Organization. After a revision round of the publication’s draft with LAC countries, we acknowledge the responses and comments received from Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica and Mexico.  \nThe authors wish to thank the valuable inputs and support received from Frederico Guanais, Deputy Head of the OECD Health Division, and Michele Gragnolati from the World Bank. The report benefited from thorough comments and suggestions from Ian Forde, Aakash Mohpal and Jeremy Veillard from the World Bank. From the OECD, we acknowledge the contributions from Stefano Scarpetta, Mark Pearson, Francesca Colombo, Rie Fujisawa and Niek Klazinga from the Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, from Sebastian Nieto, Paula Cerutti and Juan Vazquez from the LAC Unit of the Development Centre, and the support from Jose Antonio Ardavin from the Division for LAC of the Global Relations Secretariat. We thank Claudia Allemani and Michel Coleman for their comment","cbCaidaMXDwEb0Ry","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaidaMXDwEb0Ry","pdf",9308092,2,1,156,"English","en",105,"# Editorial\n# Executive summary\n# Reader’s guide\n# Chapter 1. Universal health coverage and country dashboards\n## Introduction\n## Universal Health Coverage\n## Population health\n## Coverage and services\n## Financial protection\n## Quality of care\n## Health inequality\n# Chapter 2. 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