http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/costa-rica Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Fri, 01 May 2026 05:52:19 -0400 Fri, 01 May 2026 05:52:19 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/979/comparing-health-systems-and-challenges-in-costa-rica-and-the-united-states By Sarah E. Rudasill - Rising rates of chronic diseases, aging populations, and mounting medical costs threaten the financial solvency of the health care systems of the United States and Costa Rica. Despite ranking 1st in health expenditures, the United States achieves the same health outcomes as Costa Rica, a country that ranks 50th in expenditures. As a result, the United States is transitioning to Costa Rica’s model of government-sponsored care in an effort to reduce costs just as Costa Rica begins shifting away from centralization of medical care in an effort to improve quality. However, many of the fiscal... Sun, 01 Feb 2015 02:30 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/979/comparing-health-systems-and-challenges-in-costa-rica-and-the-united-states http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1620/a-new-missionary-method-latin-america-as-a-mission-field By Angela Budzinski - Missionary work has been an integral part of community development in Latin America. However, does missionary work actually impact community development in Latin America today? While missionary methods, particularly holistic missiology, were significant to community development in the past, new, modern methods of development have evolved that do not include religion; consequently, this has largely discontinued the use of missionary work in development. This research is important because it examines whether holistic missiology is still relevant as a method of community development and whether it... Thu, 31 May 2012 12:00 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1620/a-new-missionary-method-latin-america-as-a-mission-field