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J. Fernando Arevalo, MD

Arch Ophthalmol. 2007;125(10):1419-1420.

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Although Latin America has a large population of poor people, advances in all professions and services can be found in the middle-class population, who are generally highly educated and well trained. Even the provinces have well-equipped and well-staffed medical facilities that provide satisfactory medical services. The most advanced medical training and services are provided in the capital cities, where high levels of technology are available. Most training programs in ophthalmic subspecialties are aiming to achieve the standards of the most competent North American institutions.

Health care in Latin America is basically divided into 2 large parts: (1) a government-based public care sector and (2) a private practice sector. Approximately 80% of hospitals are government owned; few are in private hands. However, there is insufficient government spending on education and health care. World spending on health, according to the World Bank and the United Nations' World Health . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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