Longos tempos de espera por serviços públicos de saúde são comuns na América Latina, como confirmam os dados disponíveis. Por exemplo, em 2022, o tempo médio de espera para uma substituição de quadril – uma cirurgia eletiva comum – foi de 408 dias no Chile e 632 na Costa Rica. E mesmo para uma cirurgia de ponte de safena, mais de três em cada quatro pacientes estão em lista de … [Read more...] about Por que longos tempos de espera por atendimento médico importam – e como reduzi-los
Sebastian Bauhoff
Dr. Bauhoff is a Principal Health Economist at the Inter-American Development Bank. He has worked on health policy for two decades in settings from Germany (his home country) to Colombia, with a focus on innovations in health care financing and service delivery that can increase access, efficiency, and quality of care. His recent work includes empirical impact evaluations of health insurance and results-based financing programs, and ways to use routine data to measure quality and target interventions. Dr. Bauhoff received a BSc from the London School of Economics, an MPA in International Development from the Harvard Kennedy School and a PhD in Health Policy/Economics from Harvard University. He previously held positions as Economist at the RAND Corporation, Senior Fellow at the Center for Global Development, and Assistant Professor of Global Health and Economics at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health.