Monitoring and Evaluating Progress towards Universal Health Coverage in Chile: e1001676

[...]some increasingly important diseases, such as dementias and others with catastrophic cost (like inherited metabolic disorders), are not adequately covered. Conclusions and Recommendations Over the last 90 years, the Chilean health system has moved towards UHC; however, structural constraints prevent further advancement and create gaps and inequities in terms of services coverage, which impact on health results [18],[19]. [...]it is observed that OOP payments have increased and the population still is not totally protected from the risk of facing catastrophic health expenditures.