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. 2009 Aug;6(8):e1000124.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000124. Epub 2009 Aug 18.

Twenty-five years of convoluted health reforms in Mexico

Núria Homedes  1 , Antonio Ugalde
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Twenty-five years of convoluted health reforms in Mexico

Núria Homedes et al. PLoS Med. 2009 Aug.

Abstract

Núria Homedes and Antonio Ugalde discuss 25 years of reform to the Mexican health care system and argue that although costs and accessibility have increased, health inequities, efficiency, productivity, and quality of care have not improved.

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