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Studying the evolution of economic thought within a country allows us to trace the history of ideas in a given country and analyze the transfer of ideas across nations. This process is also important in terms of the development of national public policies. In this paper we study the evolution of ...

En este artículo se reseñan las principales políticas públicas aplicadas en el área de la educación básica y media durante las últimas dos décadas, realizando una distinción entre ellas. Así se distinguen aquellas consideradas como políticas que enfatizan la descentralización, la autonomía de las...

Andes hantavirus (ANDV) causes hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome in Chile and is the only hantavirus for which person-to-person transmission has been proven. We describe an outbreak of 5 human cases of ANDV infection in which symptoms developed in 2 household contacts and 2 health care workers ...

Chile's 'health guarantees' approach to providing universal and equitable coverage for quality healthcare in a dual public-private health system has generated global interest. The programme, called AUGE, defines legally enforceable rights to explicit healthcare benefits for priority health condit...

Health research is considered an essential element for the improvement of population health and it has been recommended that a share of the national health budget should be allocated to develop this field. Chile has undertaken efforts in the last decades in order to improve the governmental struc...

El 26 de octubre de 2012 se conmemorarán doscientos años de la promulgación del Reglamento Constitucional Provisorio de 1812, que junto con los reglamentos de 1811 y 1814 representan los primeros intentos de entregar a Chile un ordenamiento jurídico que consagrase los primeros pasos de nuestro pa...

This paper describes the evaluation of the first training on clinical research methodology in Chile (EMIC-Chile) 12 months after its completion. An online survey was conducted for students and the Delphi method was used for the teaching team. Among the students, the majority reported that the pro...

Background: Allergic Contact Dermatitis is a classic delayed hypersensitivity reaction. Aim: To study the reactivity and evolution in Chilean patients by gender, using the standard European patch test. Materials and Methods: The results of the European standard patch test applied to 4,022 patient...

El presente comentario persigue, en primer término, efectuar una crítica conceptual a algunas premisas, habitualmente presentes en las legislaciones antidiscriminación o en nociones diseminadas en materia de igualdad jurídica. En segundo lugar, y a la luz de lo expuesto previamente, se llevará a ...