Argentina

Argentina has recently published two health accounts reports. One produced health accounts estimates combining the NHA/Harvard and OECD SHA frameworks (ISALUD). Another, using a combination of SNA and SHA concepts, classifications, and methods (including input/output matrices), presented estimates for 1997 as the base year and projections for the year 2000 (Ministry of Health, Ministry of Finance and National Statistical Office). The latter was developed with support from the World Bank, with technical assistance from PAHO.

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General Sources of Country Data

-	PAHO Health Accounts Data Spreadsheets
-	UNDP Human Development Report 2004 (Website)
-	USAID´s Economic and Social Database: LAC Countries (Website)
-	Virtual Health Library (Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde, BVS) (Website)
-	World Bank Gender Statistics (Website)
-	World Bank Health, Nutrition, and Population Statistics At-A-Glance (Website)
-	World Bank -World Development Indicators (Website)
-	WHO Health Expenditures Spreadsheets - 125 KB, XLS
-	WHO Health Expenditures Spreadsheets - 47 KB, PDF
-	WHO National Health Accounts Country Information (Website)

Documents

Argentina: PAHO Country Health Profile Summary information on health conditions and the structure of the health system

Argentina's Country-At-A-Glance World Bank Brief Key indicators tracing the trends in social and economic development over the last three decades from the World Bank's database

Cuentas Nacionales en VIH/SIDA - Argentina 356 KB, PDF Report about estimates of financial flows and expenditures in HIV/AIDS in Argentina, conducted for the years 1999 and 2000, with the support of SIDALAC

Gasto Público Social y su Impacto Redistributivo Analysis of Argentina's public social spending by the Ministry of Economy and Production

The Evolution of Health Insurance Institutions: Theory and Four Examples from Latin America Protection against the risks of ill health can be achieved by reducing the size and variability of the underlying stochastic process, for instance by improving public goods that affect health outcomes (pollution, etc.), and by spreading risks across individuals. This paper will address the second of these risk reduction strategies, with particular emphasis on the design and organization of the relevant institutions in Latin America.

Organizations

Banco Central de la Republica Argentina Central Bank of the Republic of Argentina was created in 1935. It is a self-regulating entity of the Nation State, operated according to its Natural Mandate and the Law of Financial Entities.

Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos The National Institute of Statistics and Censuses of Argentina

Ministerio de Economía y Producción (MECON) de la República Argentina The Ministry of Economy and Production of Argentina

Ministerio de Salud de la República Argentina The Ministry of Health of Argentina

MECOVI Argentina (Household Survey Data) IADB, together with the World Bank, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), and with direct participation of the Argentinian government, has developed this initiative to strengthen the institutional capacity of the country to implement and analyze high quality household survey systems. The initiative also operates in Bolivia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Paraguay, and Peru.

Centro Interdisciplinario Universitario para la Salud (INUS) de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata The Interdisciplinary Centre for Health of the National University of La Plata in Argentina offers a new Master's Program in Public Health.