Alberto Cubero

Contact Information:
150 mts oeste INA Paso Ancho, San José
Tel.: (506) 227-5129 / 441-0193 home
(506) 441-8938 work
(506) 840-8169 cell

Country of origin: Costa Rica

Current educational institution:
Centro Centroamericano de Población
Universidad de Costa Rica
Faculty advisor: Luís Rosero Bixby

Biographical sketch:
Alberto Cubero’s field is medicine. He is a general practitioner, who worked on “Medication for chronic diseases among the Latin American elderly population” as his final thesis for my MA in population and health. In his research, he tried to elucidate some factors that influence the probability of the elderly population having proper medication. He set out to prove consistence of techniques of receiving the proper medication and investigated the different dimensions that influence the medication acquisition process.  This work was carried out by using databases from the SABE project (Salud, bienestar y envejecimiento en América Latina), at the Pan-American Health Organization. Last January and February, he worked for PAHO in DC, as a short term consultant, in the Aging and Health program.