Rathe Magdalena, Moliné Alejandro
Fundación Plenitud, Santo Domingo, República Dominicana.
Salud Publica Mex. 2011;53 Suppl 2:s255-64.
This paper describes the health conditions in Dominican Republic and the characteristics of the Dominican health system, including its structure and coverage, its financial sources, the health expenditure, the physical, material and human resources available, the stewardship functions developed by the Ministry of Public Health and the generation of health information. The participation of health care users in the operation and evaluation of the system and the most recent policy innovations, including the new General Health Law, the new Social Security Law and the Decennial Health Plan are also discussed.
本文描述了多米尼加共和国的健康状况以及多米尼加卫生系统的特点，包括其结构与覆盖范围、资金来源、卫生支出、可用的物质和人力资源、公共卫生部履行的管理职能以及卫生信息的生成。还讨论了卫生保健用户在该系统运营和评估中的参与情况以及最新的政策创新举措，包括新的《一般卫生法》、新的《社会保障法》和《十年卫生计划》。
