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Mauricio Matus López

Universidad Pablo de Olavide

Mauricio Matus López

PhD. in Economics, Associate Professor in the Department of Economics, Quantitative Methods and Economic History at Pablo de Olavide University in Seville, Spain. Member of the Spanish Association of Economic History, the Ibero-American Research Network on Work, Gender and Everyday Life, and the Research Group on Ecological, Feminist and Development Economics. He has worked with Latin American governments through the Pan American Health Organization, the International Labour Organization, and the Inter-American Development Bank. He has two decades of experience in health and care systems in Latin America. His research incorporates an interdisciplinary approach drawing from economics, history, and gender studies

FURTHER INFORMATION

Countries Chile; Costa Rica; Dominican Republic; Latinamerica & Caribbean; Spain; Uruguay;
Topics Care economy; Costs of LTC; Financing LTC; LTC insurance; LTC Policy; LTC Reforms; LTC Systems; LTC systems in LMIC countries; Social Insurance;
Methods Actuarial methods; Analysis of administrative data; Quantitative data analysis;
Role Research;
Interest Groups Economics of Long-Term Care; Long-Term Care Policy;
Websitehttps://www.upo.es/profesorado/mmatlop/
ORC.IDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5273-823X
GOOGLE SCHOLARhttps://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Z6QN1fEAAAAJ&hl=en
Other 1https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mauricio-Matus-Lopez;
Research interests
Long‑Term Care Systems in Latin America
Aging in Latin America
Health Systems, Financing & Public Health in Latin America
Key publications

Chaverri, A., & Matus-López, M. (2026). Perfiles de personas adultas mayores dependientes y sus cuidadoras en Costa Rica. En: A. Solano, S. Rodríguez y M. Hernández. Prácticas socioculturales y políticas de los cuidados. Universidad de Costa Rica. p 231-252. https://hdl.handle.net/10433/25906

Chaverri, A., & Matus-López, M. (2024). Comparison of frailty determinants in Latin America: A national representative study in Brazil and Chile. Public Health, 228, 28–35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2023.11.041

Matus-López, M., & Chaverri, A. (2022). Progress toward long-term care protection in Latin America: A national long-term care system in Costa Rica. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 23(2), 166–171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2021.06.021

Matus-López, M., & Terra, F. (2021). The long-term care system in Uruguay. Globale Entwicklungsdynamiken von Sozialpolitik: Social Policy Country Briefs, 6. University of Bremen. https://doi.org/10.26092/elib/639

Rodríguez, P., & Matus-López, M. (2019). Tensiones y desequilibrios en la organización social de los cuidados a la infancia y a mayores dependientes. En Gálvez, L., & Del Moral, L. (Eds.), Infancia y bienestar: Una apuesta política por las capacidades y los cuidados (pp. 317-351). Sevilla: Deculturas. ISBN: 978-84-949093-0-6.

Medellín, N., Ibarrarán, P., Matus-López, M., & Stampini, M. (2018). Cuatro elementos para diseñar un sistema de cuidados. Technical Notes, IDB-TN-1438, 31 págs. Washington DC: Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo. https://doi.org/10.18235/0001129.

Matus-López, M., & Cid, C. (2016). New long-term care policies in Latin America: The national system of care in Uruguay. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 17(7), 663–665. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2016.04.001

Matus-López, M., & Cid, C. (2015). Building long-term care policies in Latin America: New programs in Chile. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 16(10), 900.7–900.10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2015.07.018

Matus-López, M. (2015). Thinking about long-term care policies for Latin America. Salud Colectiva, 11(4), 485–496. https://doi.org/10.18294/sc.2015.785

Matus-López, M., & Rodríguez, P. (2014). Presiones de oferta y demanda sobre políticas formales de cuidados en Latinoamérica. Revista del CLAD Reforma y Democracia, 60, 103–130.

Matus-López, M., & Cid, C. (2014). Costo de un sistema de atención de adultos mayores dependientes en Chile, 2012-2020. Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 36(1), 31–36.