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La salud en las regiones colombianas: inequidad y morbilidad

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  • Karina Acosta

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Este documento analiza las diferencias en el estado de salud general de los colombianos por regiones y las principales causas de consulta en el Sistema General de Seguridad Social en Salud. Los resultados de este ejercicio para los anos 2005 y 2010 se resumen en varios puntos. En primer lugar, las regiones Bogotá y San Andrés y Providencia y Santa Catalina exhiben los mejores estados de salud y equidad en comparación con el resto del país. En contraste, Amazonía y Pacífico muestran un bajo estado de salud general relativo. Adicionalmente, los registros de consultas demuestran que en Colombia persiste una alta prevalencia de enfermedades evitables, algunas de ellas transmisibles como las respiratorias e infecciosas, y otras no transmisibles como la hipertensivas.******ABSTRACT: The primary aim of this document is to analyze the health inequality across the Colombian regions, and the leading causes of medical attentions registered in the General System of Social Security in Health. The results show that Bogotá and San Andrés and Providence are healthier than the rest of the population; these regions are also more equal in terms of health. In contrast, Amazonía and Pacífico have relative low health. Moreover, the results exhibit a high prevalence of avoidable diseases, some of them communicable such as respiratory and infectious, and non-communicable as hypertensive.

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  • Karina Acosta, 2014. "La salud en las regiones colombianas: inequidad y morbilidad," Documentos de Trabajo Sobre Economía Regional y Urbana 12687, Banco de la República, Economía Regional.
  • Handle: RePEc:col:000102:012687
    DOI: 10.32468/dtseru.213
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    1. Jaime Bonet & Karelys Guzmán-Finol, 2017. "Un análisis regional de la salud en Colombia," Chapters, in: Jaime Bonet & Karelys Guzmán-Finol & Lucas Wilfried Hahn-De-Castro (ed.), La salud en Colombia: una perspectiva regional, chapter 1, pages x-xxxvii, Banco de la Republica de Colombia.
    2. Antonio José Orozco-Gallo, 2017. "Un análisis del gasto público en salud de los entes territoriales colombianos," Chapters, in: Jaime Bonet & Karelys Guzmán-Finol & Lucas Wilfried Hahn-De-Castro (ed.), La salud en Colombia: una perspectiva regional, chapter 10, pages 315-364, Banco de la Republica de Colombia.
    3. Felipe Rivera, 2017. "Health opportunities in Colombia," Lecturas de Economía, Universidad de Antioquia, Departamento de Economía, issue 87, pages 125-164, Julio - D.
    4. Adolfo Meisel Roca & María Aguilera Díaz, 2015. "Magangué: Capital humano, pobreza y finanzas públicas," Documentos de trabajo sobre Economía Regional y Urbana 228, Banco de la Republica de Colombia.

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    Keywords

    salud; morbilidad; inequidad; Colombia;
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    JEL classification:

    • I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General
    • I14 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Inequality
    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health

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