Neuhauser D
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.
Scand J Soc Med Suppl. 1991;46:110-4.
Costa Rica has been unusually successful in providing high levels of health for its people given its economic resources. It is proposed that there are two reasons for its success. Having no military, Costa Rica has had resources to invest in health care. Having a relatively equal income and education distribution and a democratic government, it has been able to provide health care widely rather than just to the elites. This paper examines production functions for health and possible directions for appropriate management of health as Costa Rica confronts the chronic disease pattern of the developed world.
鉴于其经济资源状况，哥斯达黎加在为民众提供高水平医疗保健方面取得了非凡的成功。据认为，其成功有两个原因。由于没有军队，哥斯达黎加有资源投资于医疗保健。由于收入和教育分配相对平等且政府民主，该国能够广泛提供医疗保健，而不仅仅是为精英阶层提供。随着哥斯达黎加面临发达国家的慢性病模式，本文研究了健康的生产函数以及健康适当管理的可能方向。
