After 7 hospital visits and more than 7 lectures from highly distinguished members of the Argentinian healthcare industry we have officially finished our last site visit with a tour of private hospital Swiss Medical. We started our morning with a lecture from the former minister of health of the providence of Salta. After our lecture…
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Private Sector and Health Inequity
Today was very focused on the private healthcare sector in Argentina which includes both traditional insurance companies and prepaid plans that are negotiated with hospital networks. In the morning, we had a lecture with Dr. Florencia Ledesma who works for MEDIFE which is a large insurance provider/ executive union in Argentina. In the afternoon we…
Peron and Healthcare
Today we toured the neighborhood of Residio and the Recoleta cemetery. We had the morning free, so I walked around the city for a little bit and got some lunch. Today was election day in the province of Buenos Aires so it was cool to see the city against the backdrop of such an important…
Evita
As the title of my post today reveals today was mostly about Eva “Evita” Peron and her work in Argentina before and during the presidency of Juan Peron. We started today with a work/review session where we discussed what we have learned so far on the trip and worked on our presentations for this coming…
Obras Sociales and PMO
Today was split into two parts. Firstly in the morning we meet with the health Minister of CABA (Ciudad Autonoma De Buenos Aires) Dr. Daniel Ferrante, who discussed the issues that come with administering health in the public sector. We then met with the director of the shop workers union, Dr. Gabriel Leverstein who discussed…
Federalism and Health Outcomes in Public Health
Today was split into two very distinct parts. In the morning, we had a tango lesson and learned more about the culture of Buenos Aires. Then, in the afternoon we visited a public university and hospital in the neighborhood of La Matanza and discussed the role of federalism in the Argentine healthcare system. Like the…
Argentinian History
Today was a very interesting and inciteful day. We toured the city of Buenos Aires, specifically the neighborhoods of La Boca and San Tolmo along with the Plaza de Mayo. While in La Boca we walked around the stadium and saw several local artists and vendors. In San Tolmo we visited several older houses and…
Primary Care and Hospitals in Buenos Aires
Today we visited several public healthcare facilities in the Tigres and San Isidro neighborhoods. To get to the clinic in Tigres, we had to take a boat from the mainland through several island communities we various levels of income. When we arrived at the clinic we talked to several nurses and paramedics who worked on…
Austral: Challenges
Today we visited a private hospital and university in the neighborhood of Pilar, right outside of Buenos Aires. We had a brief lecture about nursing in Argentina and then we toured the university hospital. After the tour we had the chance to meet with some students from the University of Austral and we had lunch…
Day 1 Buenos Aires
After a very, very, very long travel day we arrived in Buenos Aires. Two flights and 12 hours of airtime later we have finally landed in the city. Today was mostly a administration day, making sure we were checked in to the hotel and ready to start our trip. When we arrived at the IES…
Buenos Dias Buenos Aires
Hello everybody! My name is Finn Butcher, and I just completed my freshman year at the University of Pittsburgh College of Business Administration where I am majoring in Accounting with a minor in Geological Information Systems. I am from Mercer County Pennsylvania, but I was born in Columbus Ohio and have only lived in PA…