The cost of inaction to strengthen the resilience of primary health care in Latin America and the Caribbean: a modelling study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region will face future public health emergencies due to pandemics, natural disasters, migration, economic crisis or other unforeseen events. These events disrupt healthcare service coverage with consequences for morbidity, mortality and economic productivity. This study aimed to estimate the health and economic cost of potential future health system shocks, as a proxy for the cost of inaction to strengthen the resilience of primary health care.

Methods

For 33 countries in LAC, primary health care shock scenarios were modelled as short-term reductions to the coverage of antenatal care and child health interventions using the Lives Saved Tool, and to family planning services and non-communicable disease management using cus

SUBMITTER: Wickramaarachchi T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12541822 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature