SIS is Peru's public health insurance program, launched in 2002 to expand access to health services for people living in poverty and extreme poverty by removing financial barriers to care. It operates as a health insurance fund administrator (IAFAS) and covers more than 26.5 million insured members, about 72 percent of Peru's population, including children under five, pregnant women, and other vulnerable groups, with free coverage for preventive, curative, and rehabilitative care spanning more than 12,000 conditions.
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Source pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov: Peru Seguro Integral de Salud (SIS)
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Los seguros públicos del Perú son el SIS, EsSalud, los Seguros de las Fuerzas Armadas y el Seguro de Salud de la Policía.
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Following other LAC countries such as Colombia and Mexico [ 5 ], Peru implemented the “ Seguro Integral de Salud/SIS” (translated as “Integrated Health Insurance”) in 2002 as a government-subsidized health insurance scheme aimed at providing coverage to uninsured citizens.
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SIS has increased from 17% in 2007 to around 47% in 2017, and is currently the largest health insurance scheme in Peru
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Los seguros públicos del Perú son el SIS, EsSalud, los Seguros de las Fuerzas Armadas y el Seguro de Salud de la Policía.
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