Investing Wisely in Health: Considerations for the Caribbean

• Karl Theodore ^[1] ; Anton Cumberbatch ^[1]
  1. [1] University of the West Indies

     University of the West Indies

     Jamaica

     
• Localización: Economía y salud: boletín informativo, ISSN 1133-6536, Nº. 88, 2017
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The paper advocates directing investment in the health sector to two major areas: primary health care/public health care and in health system efficiency. It discusses this investment in the context of shrinking economic resources and the heavy presence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The authors argue that targeted investments in primary and public health, aimed at preventing and reducing the prevalence of NCDs can lead to Caribbean governments recouping significant returns that can amount to billions of dollars. Further, effective management of an efficiently run health information system can result in cuts in wastage of approximately US$2 billion.