Acknowledgement
이 논문은 2008년 정부(교육과학기술부)의 재원으로 한국연구재단의 지원을 받아 수행된 연구임(KR-2008-362-A00003).
Iberoamérica (이베로아메리카)
- Volume 13 Issue 1
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- Pages.69-94
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- 2011
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- 1229-9111(pISSN)
Lessons from Chile: The Impact of Privatization of Health Insurance on Women's Health
의료보험 민영화가 여성의 건강에 미치는 영향 : 칠레의 사례를 중심으로
Abstract
Chile has been the first country in Latin America which has built a two-tiered health care system by partially privatizing the health insurance sector. Despite the intial decrease of health expenditure, more researches now show that health inequality within the Chilean health sector has been augmented with privatization of its insurance system. To explore such inequality, this article looks into the impact of privatization of health insurance on women's health. The author argues that privatization has intensified medicalization of women's body and, consequently, it worsened women's health in Chile. This article contributes to a more comprehensive understanding of market-oriented health care reform by linking it with medicalization process.
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