Based on data available from the Dominican Republic’s health accounts, Magdalena Rathe of Fundación Plenitud analyzes the country’s health spending between 2007 and 2021. Using the 2007 and 2018 national income and expenditure surveys, a triangulation was made with other sources to reach the main conclusion that Family Health Insurance has had a positive impact on reducing direct household spending (out-of-pocket spending). This means that in the country it has improved the financial protection of the population.
