title: [Financing, organization, costs and services performance of the Argentinean health sub-systems.]
abstract: To analyze the relationship between health system financing and services organization models with costs and health services performance in each of Rosario's health sub-systems.
  The financing and organization models were characterized using secondary data. Costs were calculated using the WHO/SHA methodology. Healthcare quality was measured by a household survey (n=822).
  Public subsystem:Vertically integrated funding and primary healthcare as a leading strategy to provide services produced low costs and individual-oriented healthcare but with weak accessibility conditions and comprehensiveness. Private subsystem: Contractual integration and weak regulatory and coordination mechanisms produced effects opposed to those of the public sub-system. Social security: Contractual integration and strong regulatory and coordination mechanisms contributed to intermediate costs and overall high performance.
  Each subsystem financing and services organization model had a strong and heterogeneous influence on costs and health services performance.
authors.affiliation: Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Centro de Estudios Interdisciplinarios, Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Rosario, Argentina.
authors.forename: Natalia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yavich
authors.affiliation: Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Centro de Estudios Interdisciplinarios, Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Rosario, Argentina.
authors.forename: Ernesto Pablo
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Báscolo
authors.affiliation: McGill University, Department of Family Medicine, St. Mary's Hospital Research Centre. Montreal, Canada.
authors.forename: Jeannie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Haggerty
mesh_terms: D001118:Argentina; D005380:Financing, Government; D017048:Health Care Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006296:Health Services / Q000191:economics*; D061889:Healthcare Financing; D006801:Humans; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration; D017149:Private Sector / Q000191:economics; D017150:Public Sector / Q000191:economics; D014504:Urban Health / Q000191:economics