Shocks and health care in Latin America and the Caribbean.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC) is one of the most disaster-prone regions worldwide, and the frequency and intensity of disasters is expected to increase. We propose typologies of shocks considering healthcare resilience to examine how the risk of shocks varies across LAC and how previous shocks and their impacts in LAC fit into these categories.

Methods

We classify shocks into natural, anthropogenic and climate-related, and build on the literature to develop a 2×2 classification considering health care resilience and trust in government. Using the INFORM risk we categorize countries into risk groups considering indicators of governance and access to healthcare as proxies for trust in government and health care resilience, respectively. We discuss the 2

SUBMITTER: Castro MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12301396 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature