La Forgia, Gerard M.2012-06-062012-06-062005978-0-8213-6278-5https://hdl.handle.net/10986/7253Health Systems Innovations in Central America reports on how these experiences fared -- a hospital in Panama, a nutrition program in Honduras, primary care extension in Guatemala, a subset of hospitals and primary care units in Costa Rica and a social security-managed health care program in Nicaragua. The studies report on the performance of the innovations, the policy environment in which they were developed as well as nuts-and-bolts features and processes incorporated into their design and implementation.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESSIBILITYAGRICULTUREBASIC HEALTH CAREBASIC HEALTH SERVICESBASIC SERVICESCASE STUDIESCASE STUDYCENTRAL AMERICACENTRAL AMERICANCERTIFICATIONCOMMUNITY PARTICIPATIONDATA COLLECTIONDATA SETDEVELOPED COUNTRIESDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPMENTDEVELOPMENT GOALSDEVELOPMENT INDICATORSDIPHTHERIADONOR AGENCIESEPIDEMIOLOGICAL CHANGESEXCLUDED GROUPSEXPENDITURESEXTERNAL DEBTFIELD RESEARCHFINANCESGOVERNANCE STRUCTUREHEALTH CAREHEALTH CARE SERVICESHEALTH CARE SYSTEMSHEALTH CENTERHEALTH CONDITIONSHEALTH DELIVERYHEALTH DELIVERY SYSTEMHEALTH EXPENDITUREHEALTH EXPENDITURESHEALTH FINANCINGHEALTH INDICATORSHEALTH INSURANCEHEALTH NEEDSHEALTH OUTCOMESHEALTH POSTSHEALTH REFORMHEALTH SECTORHEALTH SERVICEHEALTH SERVICESHEALTH STATUSHEALTH STATUS INDICATORSHEALTH SYSTEMHEALTH SYSTEM PERFORMANCEHEALTH SYSTEMSHOSPITAL SERVICESHOSPITALSHOUSEHOLD SURVEYHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENTINCENTIVE PROBLEMSINCOMEINCOME POPULATIONSINCOME QUINTILESINDIGENOUS GROUPSINFANT MORTALITYINFANT MORTALITY RATESINNOVATIONINSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENTINTEGRATED HEALTH CAREINTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF CHILDHOOD ILLNESSESINTERVENTIONLATIN AMERICANLIFE EXPECTANCYMALNUTRITIONMANAGED CAREMANAGED HEALTH CAREMANAGEMENT CAPACITYMANAGERSMARKET ECONOMYMEASLESMORTALITYNATIONAL AVERAGENATIONAL INCOMENATIONAL POVERTYNATIONAL POVERTY LINENONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONSNUTRITIONORGANIZATIONPARTNERSHIPPATIENT SATISFACTIONPERFORMANCE INDICATORSPOLICY CONTEXTPOLICY ENVIRONMENTPOLICY FRAMEWORKPOLICY IMPLICATIONSPOLICY MAKERSPOLIOMYELITISPOPULATION GROUPSPREVENTIVE HEALTH CAREPRIMARY CAREPRIMARY HEALTH CAREPRIVATE INSURANCEPRIVATE ORGANIZATIONSPRIVATE SECTORPRIVATE SECTORSPUBLIC AGENCIESPUBLIC HEALTHPUBLIC HEALTH CAREPUBLIC SECTORREGULATORY FRAMEWORKRESOURCE ALLOCATIONRURAL AREASRURAL RESIDENCESAFE WATERSCREENINGSERVICE DELIVERYSERVICE DELIVERY SYSTEMSSOCIAL ASSISTANCESOCIAL DEVELOPMENTSOCIAL INSURANCESOCIAL PROTECTIONSOCIAL SECURITYUNEMPLOYMENTURBAN AREASVACCINATIONVACCINATIONSWorld Bank10.1596/978-0-8213-6278-5