[The health system of Ecuador]

Salud Publica Mex. 2011:53 Suppl 2:s177-87.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

This paper describes the health conditions in Ecuador and, in more detail, the characteristics of the Ecuadorian health system, including its structure and coverage, its financial sources, the physical, material and human resources available, and the stewardship activities developed by the Ministry of Public Health. It also describes the structure and content of its health information system, and the participation of citizens in the operation and evaluation of the health system. The paper ends with a discussion of the most recent policy innovations implemented in the Ecuadorian system, including the incorporation of a chapter on health into the new Constitution which recognizes the protection of health as a human right, and the construction of the Comprehensive Public Health Network.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Community Participation / statistics & numerical data
  • Delivery of Health Care / economics
  • Delivery of Health Care / organization & administration*
  • Delivery of Health Care / statistics & numerical data
  • Demography
  • Ecuador
  • Financing, Organized / economics
  • Financing, Organized / organization & administration
  • Financing, Organized / statistics & numerical data
  • Government Programs / economics
  • Government Programs / organization & administration
  • Government Programs / statistics & numerical data
  • Health Expenditures / statistics & numerical data
  • Health Resources / organization & administration
  • Health Resources / statistics & numerical data
  • Health Resources / supply & distribution
  • Health Services / economics
  • Health Services / statistics & numerical data
  • Health Services Administration* / economics
  • Health Services Administration* / statistics & numerical data
  • Health Status Indicators
  • Human Rights / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Humans
  • Information Services / organization & administration
  • Insurance Benefits / economics
  • Insurance Benefits / statistics & numerical data
  • Insurance Coverage / economics
  • Insurance Coverage / statistics & numerical data
  • Insurance, Health / economics
  • Insurance, Health / organization & administration
  • Insurance, Health / statistics & numerical data
  • National Health Programs / economics
  • National Health Programs / organization & administration
  • National Health Programs / statistics & numerical data
  • Organizational Innovation
  • Private Sector / economics
  • Private Sector / organization & administration
  • Private Sector / statistics & numerical data
  • Quality Assurance, Health Care / organization & administration
  • Social Security / economics
  • Social Security / organization & administration
  • Social Security / statistics & numerical data
  • Vital Statistics