Chile widens access to Pap tests & palliative care
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Chile has added cervical-uterine cancer services and general palliative care to its guaranteed healthcare services (AUGE) plan, promising to extend minimum standards of care in these areas to more than 13 million people. The two new programmes came into effect on April 1, providing new standards for diagnosis and treatment in these areas and guaranteed reimbursement of the technologies involved.