University of Chile
Chile
Gonzalo Leyton Galleguillos
I’m economist and MSc in economics.
I’m adjunct professor of health economics at the School of Public Health - University of Chile.
I work at the Superintendence of Health of Chile.
I participated as technical counterpart in the last five Health System Reform projects. In 2019 I was called by the Minister of Health to the technical team of the Reform.
I’m in charge of the whole calculation process of the Risk Equalization Fund (REF). I was economic advisor to the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Economy.
I was focal point for health indicators for the Ibero-American Social Security Organization. I was invited by Roche Chile to participate in the Alzheimer's Disease Workshop “patient journey”.
In 2021 I co-authored the book "Proposal for a REF for Chile: Model and Results in the Private Health Care System".
In 2023 I published two papers: "COVID-19 pandemic and mental healthcare: Impact on health insurance with guaranteed universal access in Chile", available at Frontiers, and "Evaluation of Mental Health Law 21.331 in Chile - Financial Coverage and Sick Leaves in Isapre", available at Superintendence of Health’s web page.
Interested areas: mental health, financing systems, REF, evaluation of public policies in health