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Promoting universal financial protection: a policy analysis of universal health coverage in Costa Rica (1940–2000)
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Costa Rica's 1941 legislation created the Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social and began a social-insurance institution whose early coverage was narrower than its later mandate.
- supports · table 1 and Background, First period of major reform, paragraphs 1–5
The 1961 Social Security Universalization Act instructed the CCSS to extend social insurance to the whole population within ten years, establishing a formal direction rather than immediate complete access.
- supports · Background, Second period of major reform, paragraphs 1–4
The 1973 Hospital Transfer Act directed the transfer of the non-CCSS hospital network, including hospitals owned and managed by the Social Protection Board, to the CCSS, a process implemented gradually over the following decade.
- supports · Background, Second period of major reform, paragraphs 4–9