Uruguay has a large infrastructure of public and private services for different levels of complexity. Medical care is provided through a group of institutions with different characteristics and objectives, and an almost non-existent degree of coordination, complementarity and regionalization. While there is oversight of services in some areas, most coexist with others without coverage.
within the private health subsystem are:
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1) Institutions for Collective Medical Attention (IAMC)
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2) Partial Insurance
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3) Total Insurance
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4) Institutions which provide private care
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5) Institutes of Medicine, Highly Specialized
1- The Collective Medical Attention Institutions (IAMC), provide, comprehensive care through health care associations, and through professional unions. These institutions have no profit. Offer comprehensive coverage and have a prepaid system. They have most of their members, covered by social security
2- Partial insurance, are for-profit companies and offer partial coverage. un ejemplo de ésto son las ambulancias, que brindan a la persona, el traslado de su casa al hospital y algunos servicios medicos, tales como la visita de un medico, a su domicilio y analisis medicos, otro ejemplo, es la asistencia dental.
3- The total insurance, are made by institutions, with or without profit, are within the regime of free contract, partially paid for social security
5-Highly Specialized Medical Institutes (IMAE) are, public or private services that provide specialized care for high complexity. It is financed through the National Resources Fund, whose beneficiaries are members of IAMC or total private insurance,. It offers cardiac surgery, hemodynamic studies, chronic dialysis, kidney transplants. Prosthesis, hip and knee.
