title: [Strategies for municipal decentralization in health].
abstract: The decentralization of health services has been planned as a process that must reach the municipal level. The present work analyses the global framework of the decentralization strategy, the components for structural health changes, the characteristics of the transferences to the states, and ends with the basic elements of strengthening and decentralization of health services to the municipalities.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ruíz de Chávez
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lara Ponte
mesh_terms: D006285:Health Planning / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends; D006296:Health Services / Q000639:trends*; D006298:Health Services Administration; D008800:Mexico; D014504:Urban Health / Q000639:trends*
vernacular_title: Estrategias para la descentralización municipal en salud.