Health Financing Fragmentation and Universal Health Coverage in Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and India
2025 Annual Project meeting in Brazil
Partners gathered in São Paulo for the project's annual meeting
Funded by the Global Health Policy and Systems Research Programme by the National Institute for Health and Care Research, the Health System Fragmentation and Universal Health Coverage in Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and India is a four-year research programme that began in 2022 and is rooted in Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and India, which are global exemplars for studying how financing fragmentation impacts health system goals, including UHC.
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This project is a collaborative effort between institutions in five countries:
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Publications Highlights
Development of an instrument for the measurement of patients’ perception of care integration within the cardio-cerebrovascular services pathway
Authors: Sandra Marcela Camacho-Rojas, Diana Margarita Pinto-Masis, Steffany Lorena Villate-Soto, Ricardo Sánchez-Pedraza, María José Hoyos-Bedoya
Published in: Revista Facultad Nacional de Salud Pública, v. 43, e357617
Strengthening the Resilience of Objective-Oriented Health System Reforms. Analysis of the Left-Turn in the Health Reform Proposals in Mexico (2019) and Colombia (2023)
Authors: Laura Flamand, Octavio Gómez-Dantés, Natalia Losada-Trujillo, Diana Pinto,Edson Serván-Mori, Diego Cerecero-García, Thomas Hone, Sumit Mazumdar
Published in: Health Systems & Reform, 10(3)
Health system financing fragmentation and maternal mortality transition in Mexico, 2000–2022
Authors: Edson Serván-Mori, Carlos Pineda-Antúnez, Diego Cerecero-García, Laura Flamand, Alejandro Mohar-Betancourt, Christopher Millett, Thomas Hone, Rodrigo Moreno-Serra, Octavio Gómez-Dantés
Published in: International Journal for Equity in Health 24, 32
Mexico’s Health System, 2023
Authors: Octavio Gómez-Dantés, Edson Serván-Mori, Diego Cerecero, Laura Flamand, Alejandro Mohar
Published in: Salud Pública de México, 67(1), pp. 91-105
Progress towards universal health coverage and inequalities in infant mortality: an analysis of 4·1 million births from 60 low-income and middle-income countries between 2000 and 2019
Authors: Thomas Hone, Judite Gonçalves, Paraskevi Seferidi, Rodrigo Moreno-Serra, Rudi Rocha, Indrani Gupta, Vinayak Bhardwaj, Taufik Hidayat, Chang Cai, Marc Suhrcke
Published in: The Lancet Global Health, Volume 12, Issue 5, e744 - e755
Association of healthcare fragmentation and the survival of patients with colorectal cancer in Colombia
Authors: Andrés Felipe Patiño-Benavidez, Giancarlo Buitrago, Nicolás Rozo-Agudelo, Laura Estefanía Saldaña-Espinel, Óscar Andrés Gamboa-Garay, Javier Eslava-Schmalbach, Carlos Bonilla-González, Óscar Guevara-Cruz, Rubén Ernesto Caycedo, Edgar Germán Junca, Ricardo Sánchez-Pedraza
Published in: Value in Health Regional Issues, Volume 41, 63-71
News
2025 Annual Project meeting in Brazil
Partners gathered in São Paulo for the project's annual meeting
How to measure patients’ perspectives on health care?
New publication from UNAL researchers on the development of an innovative tool aimed at capturing patients' perception
Diana Pinto participates in Health Systems and Reform special issue launch event
The webinar will take place on March 6 and will gather policymakers, researchers and practitioners
Getting to know more about India’s efforts to tackle healthcare fragmentation
Our partners foster dialogue among policymakers, researchers, and healthcare practitioners, ensuring that knowledge translates into actionable solutions
Colombia leads the charge in addressing healthcare fragmentation with new research and policy insights
The release of a research brochure and detailed progress update from Universidad Nacional de Colombia showcases our partner’s commitment to strengthening healthcare financing and access
Prof. Laura Flamand discusses resilient Health System Reforms at HSR 2024
The session explored the political complexities of health reform implementation, offering diverse perspectives and actionable insights
