Argentina's overall Global Health Security (GHS) Index score in 2021 was 54.4 out of 100 points, with 100 being the most favorable available score. The Latin American country was best rated for its health system, with a total of 64.4 points. Among the categories analyzed, prevention was ranked the lowest, with a score of 41.5 index points.

A survey conducted in Argentina found that mental health was ranked as the biggest health care concern facing people in the country among selected issues, with around 49 percent of respondents considering it the main sanitary problem as of August 2024. Moreover, stress and drug abuse ranked second and third among the leading health concerns that year, as indicated by 43 and 37 percent of interviewees, respectively. As of 2024, Argentina was among the countries with the highest share of people considering mental health as one of the biggest health problems in their country within a selection of 31 nations.

According to a survey conducted in a selection of Latin American countries in 2024, Argentina was by far the country with the highest share of satisfied health patients, with 48 percent of respondents assessing healthcare quality as good or very good, whereas only 16 percent of respondents in Peru claimed to receive good healthcare. Hospitals in Latin America Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein in São Paulo, Brazil was considered the hospital with the highest care quality in Latin America in 2022. The first three leading hospitals in hosting patients were also located in Brazil, ranking high along other healthcare facilities in Argentina, Colombia and Chile. In 2024, Brazil was the country with the highest number of hospitals in the region, with approximately 6,500 establishments, followed by Mexico and Colombia. Hospital equipment in Latin America As of 2023, more than 80 percent of hospitals in Latin America were equipped with electrocardiogram (EKG) machines. That year, ultrasound machines could be found in 71 percent of hospitals, while a fourth of these establishments in the region had computed tomography (CT) scanners. In that year, Brazil had the most ultrasound machines installed in hospitals in Latin America, with over 13,000, followed by Mexico and Argentina.

According to a survey conducted in a selection of countries in Latin America in 2024, Argentina had the highest share of respondents that believed there was readily available information on how to take care of one's own health in their country, with 57 percent of interviewees agreeing with that statement. Meanwhile, only 40 percent of respondents in Chile and in Colombia claimed the same about the availability of health information for personal care. In 2021, Argentina spent approximately 10 percent of its GDP on health care.

In Colombia, the trust in the healthcare among people surveyed was recorded to be 50 percent which was one of the lower levels. Additionally, there were three countries which showed a predominant level of distrust - under 50 percent - including South Africa, Argentina, and Russia. This statistic illustrates the level of trust people have in their healthcare system in 2022, by country.

As of September 2023, Brazil was the Latin American country with the most JCI-accredited healthcare organizations, with a total of 70 institutions. Peru ranked second with 11 medical institutions receiving accreditation by Joint Commission International, while there were just three health organizations accredited in Argentina as of that date. The JCI accreditation is a recognized measure of patient safety and quality of health care given in a health organization.