Are you concerned about the rising costs of medical care and what can be done about it?
In our new health report, PALIG experts examine the key factors that are driving up medical care costs in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and reveal recent health dynamics using PALIG’s proprietary claims data. Primary drivers of increasing healthcare costs covered in this report include:
- The lingering impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare utilization and costs
- The continued trend towards more chronic disease conditions
- The introduction of new medical technologies
- Others
Health Facts
The cost of ambulatory drugs has increased by 19% to 40% between 2019-2023, depending on the country.
Overweight and obesity rates have tripled in Latin America over the past 50 years, and affects 62.5% of the population, the highest regional prevalence in the world.
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are the biggest killer in the Americas, accounting for 80% of all deaths in the Americas, one-third of which are preventable.