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La génesis de la Economía de la Salud en Kenneth Arrow (1963)

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  • Jairo Humbero Restrepo
  • Kristian Kamilo Rojas

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Kenneth J. Arrow es uno de los economistas más destacados del siglo XX. Sus preocupaciones sobre el equilibrio competitivo y la optimalidad bajo condiciones de incertidumbre lo llevaron a publicar en 1963 el artículo “Uncertainty and the welfare economics of medical care”, reconocido como la génesis de la Economía de la Salud. En este ensayo se rinde un homenaje a esta obra, develando el plan intelectual para el análisis de bienestar de las prestaciones médicas, discutiendo la vigencia de los planteamientos originales y destacando sus principales implicaciones en cuanto a los temas objeto de análisis y discusión. La tesis central de Arrow sobre la imposibilidad del mercado para alcanzar una asignación eficiente sigue vigente debido, especialmente, a la incertidumbre respecto a la incidencia de enfermedades. Además del debate sobre Estado-mercado, a partir de Arrow se discuten las implicaciones de asuntos como la información asimétrica, el riesgo moral y las normas sociales. ****** Kenneth J. Arrow is one of the most prominent economists of the twentieth century. His concerns about competitive equilibrium and optimality under uncertainty conditions led him to publish what would be recognized as the seminal article on Health Economics, “Uncertainty and the welfare economics of medical care”. This essay pays tribute to Arrow’s work and discusses the intellectual foundations of the analysis of medical benefits in a welfare economics context, the validity of Arrow’s original approach and its main implications. Here, the validity of Arrow’s central hypothesis on the impossibility of reaching an efficient resource allocation through the market is defended, mainly because of the uncertainty associated to disease incidence. Also, implications of asymmetric information, moral hazard and social norms are discussed from Arrow’s perspective, as well as the roles of state and market.

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  • Jairo Humbero Restrepo & Kristian Kamilo Rojas, 2016. "La génesis de la Economía de la Salud en Kenneth Arrow (1963)," Publicaciones 16171, Grupo de Economía de la Salud.
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