The health system and the right to health
Law 100 of 1993, Statutory Law 1751 of 2015, tutela in health and patients' rights and duties.
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Topic
- Allocating scarce resources and triageWhen there is not enough for everyone, resources are shared by fair, public criteria: need…
- Fair opportunity and discrimination in health careTreating patients differently is fair only when the difference is clinical; origin, sex…
- Global health and justiceLarge health gaps between countries raise the question of what rich countries and researchers…
- Health care for migrants in ColombiaA migrant, even without papers, has a right to emergency care without payment or documents; for…
- Intercultural care and indigenous peoplesIntercultural care respects each people's language, worldview and own medicine, and consent…
- Priority setting and rationingNo system pays for everything; setting priorities with explicit criteria and a fair process is…
- The right to health care: a decent minimumA right to health is not a right to everything: it is barrier-free access to a broad set of…
- Tutela in healthTutela is a fast court action to protect a fundamental right; in health it is used to obtain…
Law
- Ley 100 de 1993: the general social security health systemLaw 100 of 1993 created Colombia's health system with insurers (EPS), providers (IPS) and two…
- Ley Estatutaria 1751 de 2015: health as a fundamental rightStatutory Law 1751 of 2015 recognises health as a fundamental, autonomous right and sets its…
- Patients' rights and duties in ColombiaLaw 1751 of 2015 (art
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