Chapter 3 MIDDLE AND SOUTH AMERICA

Many Peruvians Struggle to Gain Healthcare Access

After watching the Many Peruvians Struggle to Gain Healthcare Access video, consider the questions below. Then "submit" your response.

1. According to Elizabeth Flores, volunteer with the Catholic Church, Peru's healthcare lacks

Hospitals in Lima

A medical school

Health centers in rural areas

Training in modern medicine

2. According to Foro de Salud, the proportion of Peruvians with no access to healthcare is

10 percent

25 percent

50 percent

75 percent

3. Access to healthcare is a problem because

15 percent of Peruvians are poor and 20 percent live in extreme poverty

There are no doctors in Peru

Doctors in Peru are poorly trained

None of the above

4. The center in Lima supported by the health ministry

Gives free care to everyone

Requires people who have no health insurance to pay

Does not accept insurance

Charges on a sliding scale

5. Healthcare in Peru as a proportion of its gross domestic product is about

5 percent

10 percent

15 percent

20 percent