The effect of primary healthcare on mortality: Evidence from Costa Rica.
Mora-García CA, Pesec M, Prado AM.
J Health Econ. 2024 Jan. 93:102833. PMID: 38041894
Other Positions
Clinical Fellow in Medicine
Medicine-Brigham and Women's Hospital
Harvard Medical School
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Strengthening data collection and use for quality improvement in primary care: the case of Costa Rica.
Pesec M, Spigel L, Granados JMM, Bitton A, Hirschhorn LR, Brizuela JAJ, Pignone M, Sáenz MDR, Schwarz D, Villegas Del Carpio O, Wilson IB, Zamora Méndez E, Ratcliffe HL.
Health Policy Plan. 2021 Jun 03. 36(5):740-753. PMID: 33848340
Implementing sustainable primary healthcare reforms: strategies from Costa Rica.
Spigel L, Pesec M, Villegas Del Carpio O, Ratcliffe HL, Jiménez Brizuela JA, Madriz Montero A, Zamora Méndez E, Schwarz D, Bitton A, Hirschhorn LR.
BMJ Glob Health. 2020 08. 5(8). PMID: 32843571
The elephant - or donkey - in the exam room.
Khetpal V, Pesec M.
R I Med J (2013). 2018 03 01. 101(2):19-21. PMID: 29490318
Primary Health Care That Works: The Costa Rican Experience.
Pesec M, Ratcliffe HL, Karlage A, Hirschhorn LR, Gawande A, Bitton A.
Health Aff (Millwood). 2017 03 01. 36(3):531-538. PMID: 28264956
Society and Infant Genital Reassignment Surgery: Past, Present, and Future.
Pesec M.
R I Med J (2013). 2015 Aug 03. 98(8):20-2. PMID: 26230106
Global health from a cancer care perspective.
Pesec M, Sherertz T.
Future Oncol. 2015. 11(15):2235-45. PMID: 26235185
News
Improved primary care system in Costa Rica linked with reduction in death rate
In areas where Costa Rica opened primary care health centers offering improved and expanded care, the mortality rate fell by 13% over a nine-year period, according to a new study.
