Country ProfilesGuatemala

Updates From the LAC Health Accounts Steering Committee

July 2004

Guatemala is currently preparing a new base year for the National Accounts.

August 2002

Guatemala was part of the initial 1997 LAC Health Accounts program that utilized the Harvard NHA model. An update of these estimates has recently been completed.

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Related Links and Articles
Documents
Guatemala's Country-At-A-Glance World Bank Brief Key indicators tracing the trends in social and economic development over the last three decades from the World Bank's database
Guatemala: PAHO Country Health Profile Summary information on health conditions and the structure of the health system
Cuentas Nacionales de Salud: Guatemala 1998 This PHRplus report #10 describing health expenditures for the years 1995-1997, was produced by the Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance, National Statistical Institute, and international consultants with the support of USAID and FUNSALUD.
Summary of Health Accounts in Eight LAC Countries 666 KB, PDF Report prepared by the LAC Health Reform Initiative (information on Bolivia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua and Peru)
Organizations
Banco de Guatemala The Central Bank of Guatemala
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) de Guatemala National Institute of Statistics of Guatemala
MECOVI Guatemala (Household Survey Data) IADB, together with the World Bank, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), and with direct participation of the Guatemalan government, has developed this initiative to strengthen the institutional capacity of the country to implement and analyze high quality household survey systems.  The initiative also operates in Argentina, Bolivia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Paraguay, and Peru.

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