title: [The Chilean health system financing].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the Chilean health system financing based on the most recent available data.
  
  
  METHODS
  Using the WHO World Health Report 2000 framework, this paper analyzes the Chilean health system financing, with special emphasis on insurance schemes.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The analysis shows that a great proportion of people is covered by the existing health insurance schemes (about 88%). However, there is a tendency towards segmentation of the population in terms of risk and income.Additionally, efforts have been made, especially by FONASA (National Health Fund), to perform a strategic purchasing of healthcare.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There still is a need for improving the Chilean health system financing in terms of pooling and strategic purchasing.
authors.affiliation: Escuela de Salud Pública, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile.
authors.forename: Marcos
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vergara-Iturriaga
authors.forename: María Soledad
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Martínez-Gutiérrez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002677:Chile; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics*; D005260:Female; D005380:Financing, Government; D005382:Financing, Personal; D005102:Health Expenditures; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D019458:Insurance Coverage; D015271:Insurance Pools / Q000191:economics; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000191:economics*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011203:Poverty; D012306:Risk; D012943:Social Security / Q000191:economics*; D014944:World Health Organization