ABSTRACT
Shortages in the public budget for government health services led to the adoption of a system of user fees for healthcare in many developing countries. The Government of India introduced user charges in public health services on a pilot basis as a part of its health sector reforms in the late 1990s and early 2000. A major criticism of user charges relates to 'equity'. Full waiver of the fees has been recommended for the poor to ensure equitable access to services. Waiver is a right conferred on an individual that entitles him/her to obtain health services in certain health facilities at no direct charge or at a reduced price.
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Child , Developing Countries , Fatal Outcome , Female , Health Services Accessibility/economics , Humans , India , Malaria/therapy , Male , Names , Patient Identification Systems/organization & administration , Public Health Practice/economics , Records/standardsABSTRACT
El Carnet de Salud Infantil (CS), instrumento utilizado a nivel nacional para la vigilancia de crecimiento, es tambien considerado -en muchas oportunidades- para calificar estado nutricional en los ninos. Por ello se elaboro, el presente estudio, buscando clarificar la validez de la linea inferior del (CS), para delimitar desnutricion. Se estudio a 386 ninos, provenientes de seis centros de clubes de madres de Caritas-La Paz. Considerando en todos antropometria y clinica de desnutricion. Se encontro que 12,4// de ninos estaba debajo de la linea inferior del (CS); 37,5// correspondia a algun grado de desnutricion segun Gomez 38,3// y 2,5// estaba debajo del percentil tercero en cuanto a talla/edad y peso talla respectivamente. Tambien fueron considerados el indice de Kanawati-Mac Laren y la superficie osteo-muscular. En general se vio que la linea inferior mostraba una superficialidad aceptable, pero baja sensibilidad, especialmente en mayores de dos anos. Se emiten algunos comentarios en base a los hallazgos y la revision de la literatura.