LATIN AMERICA key area of our work is to promote public-private complementarity , understood as the partnership between private and public health providers .
Key People
As part of our work , we put together reports and studies on relevant health issues taking into consideration national and international trends . Such reports and studies are published and distributed to our partners . We also maintain a systematic monitoring of the legal issues affecting the sector and keep our associates duly informed about any changes so they may incorporate them in their work .
At a public level , through Clínicas de Chile , people and institutions find a way to get to know the health industry ( Chileans or foreigners ), or to contact private clinics to offer a product or service , and often we serve as intermediaries between visitors and clinics .
We have the very important task of making known among the public the participation and impact of the private health sector in the country . Although the insurance system is mainly public , both public and private affiliates may claim health care in the private sector , where waiting lists are non-existent .
Of the total health care yearly provided nationwide , 37 percent is delivered by private providers . When it comes to medium and high
Mario Rivas President of the Professional Association
He began his experience in the field of medicine in Chile in the private company Isapre Banmédica in 1988 , he also previously directed a healthcare company located in Colombia , where he resided for two years . In Chile , Rivas takes his managerial responsibilities to his current position of General Manager of Clinical Davila , a health institution in which he has worked the past
14 years .
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