Health care quality in Latin America, by country 2024

According to a survey conducted in a selection of Latin American countries in 2024, Argentina was by far the country with the highest share of satisfied health patients, with 48 percent of respondents assessing healthcare quality as good or very good, whereas only 16 percent of respondents in Peru claimed to receive good healthcare.

Hospitals in Latin America

Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein in São Paulo, Brazil was considered the hospital with the highest care quality in Latin America in 2022. The first three leading hospitals in hosting patients were also located in Brazil, ranking high along other healthcare facilities in Argentina, Colombia and Chile. In 2024, Brazil was the country with the highest number of hospitals in the region, with approximately 6,500 establishments, followed by Mexico and Colombia.

Hospital equipment in Latin America

As of 2023, more than 80 percent of hospitals in Latin America were equipped with electrocardiogram (EKG) machines. That year, ultrasound machines could be found in 71 percent of hospitals, while a fourth of these establishments in the region had computed tomography (CT) scanners. In that year, Brazil had the most ultrasound machines installed in hospitals in Latin America, with over 13,000, followed by Mexico and Argentina.

Public opinion on the quality of health care received in selected countries in Latin America as of 2024

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Release date

September 2024

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Region

LAC

Survey time period

July 26 to August 9, 2024

Number of respondents

Approx. 1,000 respondents in each country

Age group

16-74 years

Special properties

conducted among a group of more urban, more educated, and/or more affluent people than the general population in the case of Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru

Method of interview

Online panel

Supplementary notes

The original question posed on the survey was: "How would you rate the quality of healthcare that you and your family have access to in your country? – By healthcare we include doctors, specialist physicians such as surgeons, hospitals, tests for diagnosis and drugs to treat various ailments."

Ambivalent responses were not considered, missing percentage points to 100 percent or percentage points exceeding 100 percent are due to rounding.

The wording chosen for this statistic may slightly differ from the original.

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