REGIONALIZATION OF HEALTH SERVICES FOR MEDICAL CARE: AN EXAMPLE FROM THE CARDIOCENTRO ERNESTO CHE GUEVARA

摘要

Regionalization in health services is a technical and ad-ministrative decentralization mechanism that involves the settlement of different levels of care. Gathering and inter- action of these levels constitute the regional system of medical care that should be part of a national health sys- tem. In this paper, a chronological analysis of the imple-mentation and development of this regionalization for the care of patients with cardiovascular diseases is discussed. The experience of the Cardiocentro Ernesto Che Guevara, main center of this activity in the central region of Cuba, is described.