Academy Rebuts New England Journal About Latin-American Managed Care.DAVIS Davis, city (1990 pop. 46,209), Yolo co., central Calif.; settled in the 1850s, inc. 1917. It is an education center with light industry; machinery, processed foods, and computer equipment are produced. The extensive Univ. , Calif.--(BW HealthWire)--June 8, 1999-- Jonathan C. Lewis, President of the Academy for International Health Studies, today issued the following statement: The April 8, 1999 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine The New England Journal of Medicine (New Engl J Med or NEJM) is an English-language peer-reviewed medical journal published by the Massachusetts Medical Society. It is one of the most popular and widely-read peer-reviewed general medical journals in the world. published two articles, The Exportation of Managed Care to Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. and Managed Care Arrives in Latin America, which erroneously portray managed care trends in Latin-American. Today, many Latin-American healthcare leaders are adopting managed care solutions to save recession-plagued public systems from financially imploding, to upgrade clinical care in private health systems and to establish opriate managed care models. Notwithstandirrogant and stupid. As matter of history, American managed care in Latin-America is more of a Latin import than an American export. Before the very first American miple, waffled on universal healthcare or abandon$200.00, or 6.2% of Gross Domestic Product. All too often the Latin-American health status quo [Latin, The existing state of things at any given date.] Status quo ante bellum means the state of things before the war. The status quo to be preserved by a preliminary injunction is the last actual, peaceable, uncontested status which preceded the pending controversy. is fragmcies. Immunization programs In the 1950s, medical breakthroughs resulted in new vaccines to combat such diseases as polio and measles. States responded by requiring mandatory immunization for schoolchildren. One result was the near eradication of diseases that had previously been crippling or fatal. in Latin-America now reach 80-90% of all children and the average life expeket rates in the world (45% of total spending) --- typically, a regressive health financing situation dispropg: trade/study missions for managed care CEOs; the annual Summit on International Managed Care Trends for senior health executives from 50 nations; and, Global Managed Care.Com, an international on-line forum. |
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