Healthcare in Nicaragua involves the collaboration of private and public institutions. Although Nicaragua's health outcomes have improved over the past few decades with the efficient utilization of resources relative to other Central American nations, it still confronts challenges responding to its population's diverse healthcare needs.[1]
The Nicaraguan government guarantees universal free health care for its citizens.[2] However, limitations of current delivery models and unequal distribution of resources and medical personnel contribute to the persistent lack of quality care in more remote areas of Nicaragua, especially among rural communities in the Central and Atlantic region.[1] To respond to the dynamic needs of localities, the government has adopted a decentralized model that emphasizes community-based preventative and primary medical care.[3]
- ^ a b Angel-Urdinola D., Cortez R., Tanabe K. (2008). Equity, Access to Health Care Services and Expenditures on Health in Nicaragua. Health, Nutrition and Population of the World Bank.
- ^ Sequeira M., Espinoza H., Amador J. J., Domingo G., Quintanilla M., and de los Santos T. (2011). The Nicaraguan Health System. PATH.
- ^ Birn, A. E.; Zimmerman, S.; Garfield, R. (2000-01-01). "To decentralize or not to decentralize, is that the question? Nicaraguan health policy under structural adjustment in the 1990s". International Journal of Health Services: Planning, Administration, Evaluation. 30 (1): 111–128. doi:10.2190/c6tb-b16y-60hv-m3qw. ISSN 0020-7314. PMID 10707302. S2CID 1189417.