Abstract

URIBE GOMEZ, Mónica  and  ABRANTES PEGO, Raquel. Continuity and change in Mexico's Public Health System. Perf. latinoam. [online]. 2013, vol.21, n.42, pp.135-162. ISSN 0188-7653.

This paper examines the reform process within the Mexican health system undertaken since the eighties that led to an increasing privatization of health services. It argues that such process have been led by a small group of techno-bureaucratic actors that have changed institutional rules according to their interests without considering the interests of local governments, public services providers and public health services users.

Keywords : health care reform; public policy; Popular Insurance; political process; Mexico.