Centralized health care more cost-effective, offers better access to preventive services
Tuesday, September 14, 2010 - 06:14
in Health & Medicine
Families from rural Mexico who receive health care from centralized clinics run by the federal government pay up to 30 percent less in out-of-pocket expenses and utilize preventive services more often than those families who access decentralized clinics run by states, according to a study by researchers at the UCLA School of Public Health.